alveolar socket

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• Alveolar osteitis — Alveolar osteitis. Note exposed bone as marked by the arrow. Alveolar osteitis or, colloquially, a dry socket, is a complication of wound healing following extraction of a tooth. The term alveolar refers to the alveolus, which is the part of the… …   Wikipedia

• alveolar — (adj.) pertaining to alveoli, 1799, from Mod.L. alveolus socket of a tooth (see ALVEOLUS (Cf. alveolus)) …   Etymology dictionary

• socket — SYN: gomphosis. 1. The hollow part of a joint; the excavation in one bone of a joint which receives the articular end of the other bone. 2. Any hollow or concavity into which another part …   Medical dictionary

• Alveolar process of maxilla — Infobox Bone Name = Alveolar process Latin = processus alveolaris maxillae GraySubject = 38 GrayPage = 161 Caption = Left maxilla. Outer surface. (Alveolar process visible at bottom.) Caption2 = Cartilages of the nose, seen from below. (Alveolar… …   Wikipedia

• alveolar ridge — noun a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth • Syn: ↑gum ridge, ↑alveolar process • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• alveolar process — noun a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth • Syn: ↑alveolar ridge, ↑gum ridge • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage • Part Holonyms: ↑j …   Useful english dictionary

• socket — n. (in anatomy) a hollow or depression into which another part fits, such as the cavity in the alveolar bone of the jaws into which the root of a tooth fits. See also: dry socket …   The new mediacal dictionary

• alveolar osteitis — dry socket …   Medical dictionary

• alveolar resorption — noun wasting of the bony socket • Hypernyms: ↑periodontal disease, ↑periodontitis …   Useful english dictionary

• tooth socket — noun a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth • Syn: ↑alveolus • Hypernyms: ↑socket • Part Holonyms: ↑alveolar ridge, ↑gum ridge, ↑alveolar process …   Useful english dictionary

• dry socket — n a tooth socket in which after tooth extraction a blood clot fails to form or disintegrates without undergoing organization also a condition that is marked by the occurrence of such a socket or sockets and that is usu. accompanied by neuralgic… …   Medical dictionary