Alveolar process

Alveolar process
Alveolar process
	Anterior (frontal) portion of maxilla (white) and mandible (orange) cut away towards right to the depth of tooth roots
Details
System	Skeletal
Identifiers
Latin	os alveolaris
TA98	A02.1.12.035
TA2	791
FMA	59487 52897, 59487
	Anatomical terms of bone

The alveolar process (/ælˈviːələr, ˌælviˈoʊlər, ˈælviələr/)^[1] is the portion of bone containing the tooth sockets on the jaw bones (in humans, the maxilla and the mandible). The alveolar process is covered by gums within the mouth, terminating roughly along the line of the mandibular canal. Partially comprising compact bone, it is penetrated by many small openings for blood vessels and connective fibres.

The bone is of clinical and phonetic significance, and played a forensic role regarding the death of Adolf Hitler.

^ Wells JC (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 9781405881180.