dental alveolus

The lay term for dental alveoli is tooth sockets.

The swelling of the dental alveoli can result in alveolitis, causing pain and discomfort to the mouth.

It can refer to inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs, or the dental alveolus in the jaw.

Gomphosis is a joint that binds the teeth to bony sockets (dental alveoli) in the maxillary bone and mandible.

The alveolar part of mandible is the part of the mandible, adjacent to the teeth, containing the dental alveolus.

The find consists of a mandibular fragment, a lower second incisor, both lower canines, and all four of its premolars, still affixed within the dental alveoli.

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.

A study by Ling et al. (2013) examined the effect of the traumatic loss of teeth on the dental alveolus (the socket in the jaw where the roots of teeth are held) in dinosaurs.

AMNH18.737), a fragment of the left maxillary along with a tooth socket (AMNH No. 18741), the left branch of a lower jaw with dental alveoli, the incisors, a canine full, and the full set of permanent teeth (.