Sulcular epithelium explained

The sulcular epithelium is that epithelium which lines the gingival sulcus.[1] It is apically bounded by the junctional epithelium and meets the epithelium of the oral cavity at the height of the free gingival margin. The sulcular epithelium is nonkeratinized.[1]

References

  1. Carranza's Clinical Periodontology, W.B. Saunders, 2002, page 23.