[Table/Fig-1]:

Clinical and histological correlations in childhood gingiva

Clinical Appearance	Histologic Appearance
Reddish in colour	Thinner epithelium, a lesser degree of cornification, and greater vascularity
Lack of stippling	Shorter and flatter papillae from the lamina propria.
Rounded and rolled gingival margins	Hyperemia and edema that accompanies eruption. Pronounced cervical ridge of the crown in deciduous teeth
Greater sulcular depth. The mean gingival sulcus depth for the primary dentition is 2.1 mm ± 0.2 mm.	At an early age the junctional epithelium presumably originates from the reduced enamel epithelium as a consequence of the character of its former stratum intermedium, a readiness to split up, a probe can easily be inserted deep into the marginal crevice area intruding into the tissue proper and simulating an eruption pocket.