Dental alveolus

The tooth socket (also alveolus, Latin alveolus dentalis ) or the alveolar ridge is a depression in the jaw bone in which a tooth infected with its root.

The part of the jaw bone, which contains alveoli is called alveolar ( alveolar process ). Alveoli occur both in the upper jaw ( maxillary alveolar process ), as well as in the lower jaw ( alveolar process of the mandible ). The alveolus is one next to the cementum, periodontal ligament ( periodontal ) and the gums ( gingiva) to the ligaments holding the tooth ( periodontium ). The anchorage of the tooth in the tooth socket is performed by a Gomphosis.

A denture in which the teeth are anchored to the jaw edges in tooth sockets is when thekodont (also thecodont, Latin theca, capsule ',' bush ') respectively. This type of tooth attachment mainly occurs in mammals and their ancestors, the Synapsida and the ( fossil and recent ) archosaurs in appearance, such as the crocodiles.