stippling |
Description: |
| 1. an orange-peel appearance of the attached gingiva, believed to result from the bundles of collagen fibers that enter the connective tissue papillae. 2. a roughening of the labial and buccal surfaces of denture bases to imitate the stippling of natural gingiva. |
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Translations for stippling: |
| punteado, picado |
in Espanol |
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| Stippelung |
in Deutsch |
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| aspect granité |
in Français |
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| aspetto punteggiata |
in Italiano |
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