The alveolar process (/ælˈviːələr, ˌælviˈoʊlər, ˈælviələr/) is the portion of bone containing the tooth sockets on the jaw bones (in humans, the maxilla...

Alveolar osteitis, also known as dry socket, is inflammation of the alveolar bone (i.e., the alveolar process of the maxilla or mandible). Classically...

lateral nasal wall. It has three recesses: an alveolar recess pointed inferiorly, bounded by the alveolar process of the maxilla; a zygomatic recess pointed...

The mandible hosts the lower teeth (their depth delineated by the alveolar process). Many muscles attach to the bone, which also hosts nerves (some connecting...

roots of teeth Alveolar ridge, the jaw structure that contains the dental alveoli Alveolar canals Alveolar process Arteries: Superior alveolar artery (disambiguation)...

are sockets in the jaws in which the roots of teeth are held in the alveolar process with the periodontal ligament. The lay term for dental alveoli is tooth...

Dento-alveolar may refer to: The alveolar process, the ridge of bone that contains dental alveolus A dento-alveolar consonant, a consonant that is articulated...

palatine process of the maxilla and the horizontal plate of palatine bone. The hard palate spans the alveolar arch formed by the alveolar process that holds...

branches. A cadaveric study found the plexus to be situated in the alveolar process of the maxilla. The PSAN forms the posterior portion of the plexus...

found loose in the oral cavity, and was broken and burnt around the alveolar process, the bulge that encases the tooth sockets. Splinters of glass and a...

dental remains include part of a mandible broken and burned around the alveolar process. Several witnesses, some historians and authors argue that Hitler and...

contains the maxillary sinus. Four processes: the zygomatic process the frontal process the alveolar process the palatine process It has three surfaces: the anterior...

remains: a maxillar bridge made mostly of gold (top right) and part of a mandible broken and burnt around the alveolar process (bottom three fragments)...

lamina dura transitions smoothly from the alveolar crest into the cancellous bone within the alveolar process. It is situated adjacent to three important...

The voiceless alveolar fricatives are a type of fricative consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line)...

cytoplasmic extensions that cover more than 95% of the alveolar surface. Type I cells are involved in the process of gas exchange between the alveoli and blood...

cheeks. The oral cavity is bounded at the sides and in front by the alveolar process (containing the teeth) and at the back by the isthmus of the fauces...

pharynx (left/right) medial pterygoid plate, pterygomandibular raphé, alveolar process pharyngeal raphe, pharyngeal tubercle ascending pharyngeal artery,...

coarticulating process. More generally, several kinds are distinguished: [t], voiceless alveolar plosive [d], voiced alveolar plosive [n], voiced alveolar nasal...

anterior-ward[citation needed] across the alveolar process to supply the gingiva. Anterior superior alveolar arteries Posterior superior alveolar nerve Left maxilla. Outer...

The voiced dental, alveolar, and postalveolar lateral approximants are a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International...

wall of the oral cavity. It arises from the outer surfaces of the alveolar processes of the maxilla and mandible, corresponding to the three pairs of molar...

pterygomandibular raphe Mylopharyngeal part - originating from the alveolar process of the mandible above the posterior end of the mylohyoid line Glossopharyngeal...

the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone around the root apex), dental abscesses (localized collections of pus), alveolar osteitis ("dry socket", a possible...

balance – the process of bone resorption by the osteoclasts releases stored calcium into the systemic circulation and is an important process in regulating...

prior to death. The injury involves her cheek, left maxillary sinus, alveolar process, and part of her jaw; it shows no evidence of healing. Furthermore...

musculatures. Accordingly, this leads the upper parts of the mandible (alveolar process) to retract posteriorly, following the posterior movement of the upper...

pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus (socket) in the alveolar bone. Extractions are performed for a wide variety of reasons, but most...

premaxillary process grow upwards to fuse with the frontal process of the maxilla; and later expands posteriorly to fuse with the alveolar process of the maxilla...

maxilla, more commonly known as the hard palate, at ridges called the alveolar process. The roots of the lower teeth are anchored into a bone called the mandible...