The Physiology of Inflammation As Applied to the Gingiva

Morphology of Submarginal Calculus

“…This is similar to the effect of an infected sliver under the skin, but actually worse, because the sliver is within the body and subject to the action of antibodies, phagocytosis, and other defense mechanisms of the body. 1 Calculus, on the other hand, remains on the outside of the adjacent gingiva which reacts to the friction of the infected substance with the formation of an infected decubital ulcer. 2…”