alveolar process

The alveolar process of the maxilla holds the upper teeth, and is referred to as the maxillary arch.

The buccinator muscle attaches to the alveolar processes of both the maxilla and mandible.

"Do you see how there's been pitting and atrophy of the alveolar process of the maxilla?

Shortened root length is associated with diminished alveolar processes which in turn leads to decreased occlusal vertical dimension.

The alveolar process contains a region of compact bone adjacent to the periodontal ligament called lamina dura.

When impacted teeth are retained completely within the alveolar process, the associated follicular sac is also retained along with it.

Abnormal swallowing patterns push the upper teeth forward and away from the upper alveolar processes and cause open bites.

In the adult the vertical diameter is the greatest, owing to the development of the alveolar process and the increase in size of the sinus.

He will splint them to non-knocked-out teeth for a maximum of two weeks for teeth with normal alveolar process and bone support.

Defining cranial traits of this genus include low, broad zygomatics, straight alveolar process and large maxillary sinus.

Alveolar process, the tooth bearing area of the mandible (upper part of the body of the mandible)

The term is derived as follows: Alveolar refers to the alveolus, the alveolar processes of the mandible or maxilla.

The main clinical features include: 1) an alveolar process characterized by unilateral enlargement of the maxillary alveolar bone and gingiva.

Alveolar osteitis is inflammation of the alveolar bone (i.e. the alveolar process of the maxilla or mandible).

On the maxilla, the alveolar process is a ridge on the inferior surface, and on the mandible it is a ridge on the superior surface.

The upper canines of male babirusa emerge vertically from the alveolar process, penetrating though the skin and curving backward over the front of the face and towards the forehead.

The frontal process is well-marked and the body of the bone consists of little more than the alveolar process, the teeth sockets reaching almost to the floor of the orbit.

Dental alveolus (plural, alveoli) are sockets in the jaws in which the roots of teeth are held in the alveolar process of maxilla with the periodontal ligament.

In old age [Fig. 4] the bone becomes greatly reduced in volume due to the loss of teeth and consequent resorption of the alveolar processes and interalveolar septa.

Then a 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.

Bundle bone is a histologic term for the portion of the bone of the alveolar process that surrounds teeth and into which the collagen fibers of the periodontal ligament are embedded.

Because the short part of gingiva existing above the height of the underlying Alveolar process of maxilla, known as the free gingiva, is not bound down to the periosteum that envelops the bone, it is moveable.

The floor is formed by the alveolar process of the maxilla, and, if the sinus is of an average size, is on a level with the floor of the nose; if the sinus is large it reaches below this level.

In old age the bone reverts in some measure to the infantile condition; its height is diminished, and after the loss of the teeth the alveolar process is absorbed, and the lower part of the bone contracted and reduced in thickness.

Intraoral dental sinus (also termed a parulis and commonly, a gumboil) is an oral lesion characterized by a soft erythematous papule (red spot) that develops on the alveolar process in association with a non-vital tooth and accompanying dental abscess.