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and covering the tooth-bearing alveolar processes; the intended registry sense remains unconfirmed.", "in_scope": [ "Gingival margins and tissue surrounding individual teeth", "Interdental papillae and spaces they occupy", "Free and attached gingiva and their anatomical boundaries", "Site-specific gingival appearance, integrity and changes over time", "Gingival observations and their examination context" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Chewing gum and plant-derived or manufactured gum materials", "Teeth, restorations and dental appliances as independent things", "Alveolar bone, periodontal ligament and the periodontium as a whole", "Oral mucosa outside the gingival boundary", "Gingivitis, periodontitis and other diseases as independent condition models", "Dental procedures, prescriptions and treatment plans" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "The intended anatomical sense denotes tissue around teeth and over tooth-bearing alveolar processes, rather than a chewable product or adhesive material.", "Gingiva forms a soft-tissue margin around a tooth; enamel and exposed root surfaces belong to the tooth.", "Interdental gingiva occupies the tissue space between adjacent teeth; the interdental gap itself is not gingiva.", "Attached gingiva is distinguished from adjacent alveolar mucosa by its anatomical position and tissue attachment; colour alone does not establish the boundary.", "Gingiva is one component of the periodontium, so observations of gums alone do not describe all tooth-supporting tissues." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Anatomical site", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Person or specimen; arch; tooth identifier with notation system; tooth surface or explicitly mapped region", "why_it_matters": "Gingival observations require a reproducible location rather than a single whole-mouth label." }, { "name": "Gingival region", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Free gingiva; attached gingiva; interdental papilla; uncertain", "why_it_matters": "Different regions 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reported bleeding or discomfort separately from directly observed findings.", "Link gingival observations to neighbouring teeth, restorations and periodontal assessments.", "Flag missing examination evidence before drawing conclusions about gum condition.", "Prepare a site-specific observation summary for a dental professional." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "gingival-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Gingival identity and boundaries", "description": "Establishes the intended meaning of gums and the tissue covered by each record.", "rationale": "The registry provides no definition, and both word sense and anatomical boundaries affect what belongs in this model.", "layers": [ { "id": "anatomical-sense", "name": "Anatomical sense", "description": "Separates gingiva from material and product senses of gum.", "findings": [ { "id": "registry-sense-confirmation", "name": "Registry sense confirmation", "description": "Record evidence supporting the provisional interpretation of gums as gingiva.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the originating registry or linked concept explicitly identify gums as gingiva?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "registry-sense-confirmation-q01" }, { "text": "What definition distinguishes this entry from chewing gum and gum materials?", "kind": "definition", "id": "registry-sense-confirmation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "tissue-boundaries", "name": "Tissue boundaries", "description": "Locates gingiva relative to teeth, alveolar mucosa and other periodontal tissues.", "findings": [ { "id": "gingival-region-identification", "name": "Gingival region identification", "description": "Identify free gingiva, attached gingiva or an interdental papilla and document uncertain boundaries.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which gingival region does the observation cover, and what visible or examined landmarks support that assignment?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "gingival-region-identification-q01" }, { "text": "Does the observation extend into adjacent mucosa, tooth structure or deeper supporting tissue that requires a neighbouring model?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "gingival-region-identification-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "tooth-related-geometry", "name": "Tooth-related geometry", "description": "Records gingival position and dimensions using reproducible dental landmarks.", "rationale": "Margin position, tissue width and interdental form describe different aspects of gums and require explicit reference points.", "layers": [ { "id": "site-and-margin", "name": "Site and margin", "description": "Anchors gingival observations to a tooth and an identifiable margin reference.", "findings": [ { "id": "margin-localization", "name": "Margin localization", "description": "Record the tooth surface, margin position and reference landmark without assuming that the landmark is visible.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which arch, tooth notation and surface locate this margin observation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "margin-localization-q01" }, { "text": "Where is the margin relative to the cementoenamel junction or another documented landmark, and how was that position measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "margin-localization-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "tissue-width-and-papillae", "name": "Tissue width and papillae", "description": "Describes gingival extent and interdental tissue form.", "findings": [ { "id": "gingival-dimensions", "name": "Gingival dimensions", "description": "Keep tissue-width measurements and papilla descriptions distinct, with their anatomical endpoints recorded.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the reported width keratinized tissue width or attached gingival width, and which endpoints and method define it?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "gingival-dimensions-q01" }, { "text": "How much of the space beneath the adjacent tooth contact is occupied by the papilla, and is a contact present?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "gingival-dimensions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "gingival-condition-observations", "name": "Gingival condition observations", "description": "Captures appearance, surface changes and bleeding at identified gingival sites.", "rationale": "Gum condition cannot be represented reliably by a single colour label or an unexplained healthy/unhealthy state.", "layers": [ { "id": "appearance-and-integrity", "name": "Appearance and integrity", "description": "Records visible features and tissue defects in context.", "findings": [ { "id": "localized-tissue-change", "name": "Localized tissue change", "description": "Describe pigmentation, contour, swelling and surface integrity separately from any diagnostic interpretation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What colour, contour or surface change is present, and is it localized or distributed across several gingival sites?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "localized-tissue-change-q01" }, { "text": "Does a prior observation establish that this is a change rather than the person's usual appearance?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "localized-tissue-change-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "bleeding-and-sulcus-observations", "name": "Bleeding and sulcus observations", "description": "Preserves the circumstances of bleeding and professionally obtained probing measurements.", "findings": [ { "id": "examination-context", "name": "Examination context", "description": "Associate bleeding and probing records with their site, trigger and method; leave disease classification to an appropriate assessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Was bleeding spontaneous, reported during cleaning or observed during professional probing, and at which site?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "examination-context-q01" }, { "text": "If probing depth is recorded, who measured it, when, and with which site and method documented?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "examination-context-q02" }, { "text": "What additional periodontal evidence is needed before this observation can support a disease classification?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "examination-context-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "gingival-change-and-review", "name": "Gingival change and review", "description": "Connects gum observations across time and to relevant local exposures and professional review.", "rationale": "Interpreting a gingival change requires comparable records and context about what contacts or affects the tissue.", "layers": [ { "id": "local-context-and-timeline", "name": "Local context and timeline", "description": "Relates a gingival site to nearby dental features and dated events without assuming causation.", "findings": [ { "id": "site-specific-context", "name": "Site-specific context", "description": "Record nearby deposits, restorations, appliances or recent procedures as contextual relations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are plaque, calculus, a restoration edge or an appliance documented at or near the affected gingival site?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "site-specific-context-q01" }, { "text": "When did the change begin relative to any reported cleaning injury, appliance adjustment or dental procedure?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "site-specific-context-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "comparison-and-professional-review", "name": "Comparison and professional review", "description": "Supports careful comparison and transfer of unresolved observations to a dental professional.", "findings": [ { "id": "reviewable-gingival-record", "name": "Reviewable gingival record", "description": "Preserve comparable site records and distinguish observed evidence, reported symptoms and professional conclusions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Were repeated photographs or measurements taken at the same gingival site under sufficiently comparable conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "reviewable-gingival-record-q01" }, { "text": "Which observations, reported symptoms and unresolved questions should be included in a dental review summary?", "kind": "action", "id": "reviewable-gingival-record-q02" }, { "text": "Has a dental professional 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"The probing-depth range is a common clinical reference, not a sufficient test of periodontal health; interpretation depends on inflammation, attachment level and examination technique.", "This is a recall-based description; no sources were consulted." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of gums this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Free or marginal gingiva", "Attached gingiva", "Interdental gingiva" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of gums this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; 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"knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] }, { "id": "stable-identifiers", "name": "Stable identifiers and external keys", "description": "Identifiers that keep pointing at this kind of thing across systems and languages.", "questions": [ { "id": "stable-identifiers-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes an identifier for a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "stable-identifiers-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about an identifier for a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "stable-identifiers-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "classification-and-granularity", "name": "Classification and granularity", "description": "Where a gums sits among kinds, and how finely a task needs to cut it.", "findings": [ { "id": "kind-and-parents", "name": "Kind, parents and neighbouring kinds", "description": "The classes this thing belongs to and the ones it is next to.", "questions": [ { "id": "kind-and-parents-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the kind of a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "kind-and-parents-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the kind of a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": 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"measurable-dimensions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the dimensions of a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the dimensions of a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the dimensions of a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "material-and-composition", "name": "Material and composition", "description": "Materials, parts and how they are put together.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and materials", "description": "What a gums is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the composition of a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the composition of a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-integrity", "name": "Condition and integrity", "description": "Wear, damage, health and the difference between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition, damage and health", "description": "How the condition of a gums is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the condition of a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the condition of a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "place-and-movement", "name": "Place and movement", "description": "Where a gums is, how it got there and where it may go (varies).", "rationale": "A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.", "layers": [ { "id": "location-and-placement", "name": "Location and placement", "description": "Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-and-frame", "name": "Position, container and reference frame", "description": "Where a gums is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the location of a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the location of a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "movement-and-transfer", "name": "Movement and transfer", "description": "How a gums is carried, installed or relocated.", "findings": [ { "id": "movement-events", "name": "Movement events and constraints", "description": "What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.", "questions": [ { "id": "movement-events-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the movement of a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the movement of a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "state-and-lifecycle", "name": "State and lifecycle", "description": "The states a gums passes through and the events that move it between them.", "rationale": "Most decisions about a thing depend on what state it is in now, which is a claim with a time on it, not a property.", "layers": [ { "id": "lifecycle-stages", "name": "Lifecycle stages", "description": "From coming into existence to ceasing to be one of these.", "findings": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions", "name": "Stages and transitions", "description": "The stages worth naming and what moves a gums between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "observations-and-status", "name": "Observations and current status", "description": "What is observed about a gums, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a gums is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.", "questions": [ { "id": "observation-record-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes an observation of a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about an observation of a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What gums is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does gums perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise gums, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How gums is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does gums have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does gums need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about gums is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about gums hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern gums, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a gums came from and when it held.", "rationale": "A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.", "layers": [ { "id": "source-and-authority", "name": "Source and authority", "description": "Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.", "findings": [ { "id": "claim-provenance", "name": "Claim provenance and confidence", "description": "The authority behind each claim about a gums and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about a claim about a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "time-and-versions", "name": "Time, versions and supersession", "description": "When a claim was true, when it was learnt, and what replaced it.", "findings": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession", "name": "Validity period and supersession", "description": "How an old claim about a gums is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a gums, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a gums, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a gums is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }