ALVEOLARRIDGE

Alveolar ridge

An alveolar ridge is one of the two jaw ridges either on the roof of the mouth between the upper teeth and the hard palate or on the bottom of the mouth behind the lower teeth. The alveolar ridges contain the sockets of the teeth.

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alveolar ridge

Noun

  1. a ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible and contains the alveoli of the teeth


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