Samoĭlov K O, Shkurupiĭ V A, Vereshchagina G N
Stomatologiia (Mosk). 2002;81(6):7-9.
Patients with chronic gingivitis and connective tissue dysplasia developed more marked dystrophic process in the gingival epithelium than those with chronic gingivitis without general somatic diseases. These dystrophic processes substantially increase the barrier properties of the gingival epithelium.