A bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth.
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Examples for "alveolus"
Examples for "alveolus"
1Two patients developed distant metastases and one patient developed a second primary in the lower alveolus.
2The monolayer surface tension is continuously regulated by the alveolus compression and expansion and protects the alveoli from collapsing.
3Pertaining to an alveolus.
1I inserted my probe into one of the empty tooth sockets.
2Or we could compare alveolar configurations. I referred to the shape of the tooth sockets.
3The study evaluates radiographically the long-term changes that occur during the healing of tooth sockets in a desalivated rat model.
Translations for tooth socket