Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis in a 3-year-old child

The gingival lesion/inflammation involves the mandibular incisors in a malnourished child with poor oral hygiene.

Reproduced with permission from: Enwonwu, CO, Phillips, RS, Savage, KO. Inflammatory cytokine profile and circulating cortisol levels in malnourished children with necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. Eur Cytokine Netw 2005; 16:240. Copyright © 2005 John Libbey Eurotext.

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