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Additive manufacturing file.  

Additive manufacturing.  

The socket in the bone into which a tooth is attached by means of the periodontal ligament, or one of the cavities or sockets within the alveolar process of the maxillae or mandible in which the attachment complex held the root of a tooth after the tooth’s removal. Surface cavity(ies) or depression(s). A small cavity,…

Any surgical procedure employed to recreate a severely resorbed residual alveolar ridge, or surgical reconstruction of an atrophic alveolar ridge that does not allow for simultaneous implant placement because of the extent of bone deficiency.  

A cavity in the maxillary sinus floor formed by a septum.  

Either of the superior alveolar nerve branches of the maxillary nerve of the second division of the trigeminal nerve (rami alveolares superiores posteriores, ramus alveolaris superior medius, and ramus alveolaris superior anteriores). Supplies sensory innervation to the maxillary molars, the premolars, or the canine and incisors, respectively. The inferior alveolar nerve (nervus alveolaris inferior) is…

A deficiency in the contour of the alveolar ridge in the vertical (apicocoronal) and/or horizontal (buccolingual, mesiodistal) direction.  

The most coronal portion of the alveolar process. The most coronal portion of the bone surrounding the tooth; the continuous upper ridge of bone of the alveolar process, which is usually the first beaosnee. lost as a result of periodontal disease.  

The bone lining the alveoli; also called cribriform plate due to the numerous perforating channels (Volkmann’s canals), lamina dura due to the radiographic appearance, fibrous endosteum due to the fibers of the periodontal ligament, bundle bone due to the large quantity of Sharpey’s fibers.