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Tooth Socket

Known as: Dentali, Alveolus, Socket, Tooth, Dental alveolus 
A hollow part of the alveolar process of the MAXILLA or MANDIBLE where each tooth fits and is attached via the periodontal ligament.
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Alveolar periostitisBlood supply aspectsDento-alveolar jointGuided Tissue Regeneration

Narrower (3)

Socket of mandibleStructure of alveoli dentales maxillaeTooth socket of mandible

Broader (2)

Tooth structuredental structure

Papers overview

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1999
1999
A modified socket seal surgery with composite graft approach.
The contour of the residual ridge is reduced within 1 year by approximately 25% in width after the extraction of a natural tooth… 
1992
1992
Prognosis in mouth cancer: host factors
Abstract A personal series of 842 patients with a tumour of the oral cavity is presented. Five hundred and twelve of these… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
The periodontal enigma: eruption versus tooth support.
The response of the periodontal ligament is reviewed when single or repeated loads are applied to the tooth, as in mastication. A… 
1983
1983
Ultrastructure of sporulation in Minchinia dentali (Arvy), an Haplosporean parasite of Dentalium entale (Scaphopoda, Mollusca); taxonomic implications
Le developpement de M.d. est caracterise par la production de sporontes plasmodiaux ayant pour origine de jeunes stades uni et… 
1979
1979
Growth mechanisms in skulls with facial clefts. Descriptive and experimental studies on the facial skeleton.
During postnatal growth, skulls of patients with untreated unilateral clefts of the alveolus and palate develop additional… 
1979
1979
Influence of two-flap paltoplasty on facial growth in rabbits.
Three groups of rabbits were used in this study. Group I consisted of control rabbits who had had no surgery. Group II had… 
1977
1977
Dental variation in early eocene Teilhardinal belgica, with notes on the anterior dentition of some early tarsiiformes.
  • P. Gingerich
  • Folia primatologica; international journal of…
  • 1977
  • Corpus ID: 46821941
Statistical analysis of dental variation in specimens currently placed in Teilhardina belgica from the Belgian locality of… 
1975
1975
A study of deformity following cleft palate repair in patients with normal lip and alveolus.
1972
1972
Alveolar and tissue phospholipids of rat lung.
The chemical nature of phospholipids in rat lung tissue and alveolar wash was studied using column chromatographies on silicic… 
1970
1970
Repair of the post-extraction alveolus in the Wistar rat. A histologic and autoradiographic study.
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