alveolar
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- adjective
- /ælˈviːələr/
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alveolar
- The panoramic radiograph will demonstrate the course of the inferior alveolar nerve canal, the mental foramen, and the anatomy of the mandibular teeth.
- alveolar ridge
- inferior alveolar
- tongue placement for alveolar
Examples
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The medial and lateral cortex of the mandible are separated at the ramus region, while the inferior alveolar nerve is preserved.
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Proper dental care is essential for maintaining healthy alveolar structures in the mouth.
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Some children may benefit from speech therapy to improve tongue placement for alveolar targets, including nonstops such as /l/ and /s/.
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Moreover, the designs do not provide correction of the form of the dental alveolar arch in a frontal section.
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If contact was registered between the tongue and lower alveolar ridge, it was assumed that there was no sublingual cavity.
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A facial scar can be avoided by using the Le Fort I osteotomy, but this technique requires fixation of the alveolar ridge.
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Case 6 was that of a 54-year-old housewife who presented with a swelling over the right maxillary alveolar ridge.
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Possible sources of these collaterals are the minor suppliers—that is, the facial, inferior alveolar, and buccal arteries.
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For the maximum tongue pressure task, participants placed the IOPI air-filled bulb on the tongue body behind the alveolar ridge and were instructed to press their tongue against the bulb as hard as they could.
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The dentist examined the patient's upper jaw and noted the condition of the alveolar sockets.
Compounds
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The part of the lung with many tiny air sacs where gases pass into the blood
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A speech sound made by touching the tongue to the ridge just behind the top front teeth
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The part of the jawbone that holds the tooth sockets and supports teeth
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A point at the front middle of the upper jaw that people use as a reference for head measurements
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Enlargement of the tiny air sacs in the lungs that makes breathing harder
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Loss of the bone around the tooth sockets after tooth loss or disease
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A rare cancer of muscle that affects teenagers and young adults and forms small groups of tumor cells
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A rare muscle cancer that grows quickly and often affects teenagers and young adults
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A blood vessel that runs through the lower jaw and carries blood to the lower teeth
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A consonant sound made with the tongue just behind the top front teeth, like the 'sh' in shoe
How Back
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alveolar comes from the Latin word alveolus, which means 'small hollow'. So, in the jaw it means the tooth 'sockets', the hollows that hold the teeth.