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Dentists and dental staff are regularly exposed to numerous epidemiological hazards that can affect their health and safety at work. In everyday practice, dental professionals frequently come into contact with potentially hazardous biological materials—blood, saliva, tissues, and contaminated instruments.
Frenula are folds of the oral mucosa that connect the lips and cheeks with the mucosa of the alveolar process, the gingiva, and the underlying periosteum. A frenulum may threaten gingival health when it attaches too close to the marginal gingiva, when it is pulled by muscles, or when it interferes with plaque control, thereby impeding oral hygiene procedures.
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An 85-year-old female patient, under my continuous care since 1990, presented in June 2011 due to pain and bleeding of the gingiva in the region of the lower incisors. She complained that the pain prevented her from eating and brushing her teeth.
