Morphological and functional characteristics of human gingival junctional epithelium

BMC Oral Health

Table 1 Measured dimensions in human JE and SE

Sample no.	Age	Sampling site	Width of JE (mm)	Thickness of JE (mm)	Area of JE (mm²)	Width of SE (mm)
1	21	Premolar	1.135	0.069	0.047	0.325
			1.134	0.066	0.045	0.321
			1.133	0.064	0.043	0.334
2	28	Molar	1.113	0.062	0.043	0.308
			1.102	0.066	0.044	0.303
			1.120	0.065	0.044	0.323
3	31	Molar	0.850	0.058	0.041	0.563
			0.845	0.059	0.041	0.565
			0.847	0.060	0.041	0.554
4	28	Molar	0.838	0.052	0.038	0.550
			0.844	0.055	0.040	0.552
			0.858	0.056	0.040	0.543
5	33	Premolar	1.105	0.083	0.043	0.785
			1.108	0.083	0.043	0.801
			1.105	0.083	0.041	0.808
6	38	Premolar	1.081	0.069	0.041	0.625
			1.072	0.065	0.038	0.667
			1.078	0.069	0.040	0.644
Mean			1.021	0.066	0.042	0.532
Standard deviation			0.128	0.009	0.002	0.176

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