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Alveolar bone

The roots are encased in the alveolar processes of the jaws. The process comprises alveolar bone, trabecular bone and compact bone.

The densest bone lines the alveolus and is called the cribriform plate. It may be seen radiographically as a white line called the lamina dura.

 

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