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margin

In finance, the difference between cost and selling price; also a proportion of the value of a transaction which traders have to deposit to guarantee that they will complete it.

Margin accounts were set at 10% of the selling price before the stock market crash of 1929. Since the establishment of the Securities and Exchange Commission 1934, margin was set at 50%.



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The main agents causing gingival recession that have been described in the literature are dental plaque, (1) destructive periodontal disease, (2,3) mechanical trauma, (4,5) areas with absence or a narrow zone (width) of attached gingiva, (6) muscular inserts near the gingival margin, (7) reduced thickness of the alveolar bone in the buccolingual side, (8,9) root prominence, (10) irregular tooth alignment in the dental arch, (11) margins of gingival restorations (12,13) and viruses.
As a result, users have a better chance of removing bacterial plaque adjacent to and beneath the gingival margin as the bristles are positioned partly on the teeth and gums at a 45-degree angle.
Bleeding at the gingival margin or sulcus is often the first indicator of gingivitis.
 
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