The gingival and periodontal fibers.

on the collagen fibers

Abstract

The health of the periodontal tissues greatly depends on the integrity of the gingival and periodontal fibers. This article presents a concise summary of these fibers, using information froln the current literature as well as from the textbooks.

The gingival fibers are arranged in the following: dentogingival, dentoperiosteal, alveologingival, transseptal, circular, interpapillary, semicircular, transgingival and intergingival fibers. Periodontal fibers consist of 5 groups such as alveolar crest, horizontal, oblique, apical and interradicular ones. In the periodontium, besides these principal fibers, there are intermedi

ate fibers and indifferent fibers.