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  2. Dental alveolus - Wikipedia

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    Dental alveoli (singular alveolus) 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 sockets. A joint that connects the roots of the teeth and the alveolus is called a gomphosis (plural gomphoses). Alveolar bone is the bone that surrounds ...

  3. Alveolar process - Wikipedia

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    After extraction of a tooth, the clot in the alveolus fills in with immature bone, which later is remodeled into mature secondary bone. Disturbance of the blood clot can cause alveolar osteitis, commonly referred to as "dry socket". With the partial or total loss of teeth, the alveolar process undergoes resorption.

  4. Alveolus - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonary alveolus, an air sac in the lungs Alveolar cell or pneumocyte; Alveolar duct; Alveolar macrophage; Mammary alveolus, a milk sac in the mammary glands; Alveolar gland; Dental alveolus, also known as "tooth socket", a socket in the jaw that holds the roots of teeth Alveolar ridge, the jaw structure that contains the dental alveoli ...

  5. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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    illustration demonstrating the use of the dental key for extracting teeth. Historically, dental extractions have been used to treat a variety of illnesses. Before the discovery of antibiotics , chronic tooth infections were often linked to a variety of health problems, and therefore removal of a diseased tooth was a common treatment for various ...

  6. Apical foramen - Wikipedia

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    Vessels and nerves: :25. dental :26. periodontal :27. alveolar through channel In dental anatomy, the apical foramen , literally translated "small opening of the apex," is the tooth's natural opening, found at the root's very tip—that is, the root apex — whereby an artery, vein, and nerve enter the tooth and commingle with the tooth's ...

  7. Posterior superior alveolar nerve - Wikipedia

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    They then enter the alveolar canals on the infratemporal surface of the maxilla, and, passing from behind forward in the substance of the bone, communicate with the middle superior alveolar nerve, and give off branches to the lining membrane of the maxillary sinus and gingival and dental branches to each molar tooth from a superior dental ...

  8. Dental anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Dental anatomy is a field of anatomy dedicated to the study of human tooth structures. The development, appearance, and classification of teeth fall within its purview. The development, appearance, and classification of teeth fall within its purview.

  9. Classification of cleft lip and cleft palate - Wikipedia

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    It includes clefting of the upper lip, the maxillary alveolus (dental arch), and the hard or soft palate, in various combinations. The anatomic combinations include: [1] cleft lip [CL] cleft lip and alveolus [CLA] cleft lip, alveolus, and palate [CLAP] cleft lip and palate (with an intact alveolus) [CLP] cleft palate [CP]