page_title: Alveolar process
hierarchical_section_title: Alveolar process
caption_attribution_description: Cartilages of the nose, seen from below.
context_page_description: The alveolar process is the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets on the jaw bones that hold teeth. In humans, the tooth-bearing bones are the maxilla and the mandible. The curved part of each alveolar process on the jaw is called the alveolar arch.
context_section_description: The alveolar process (/ælˈviːələr/) (also called the alveolar bone) is the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets (dental alveoli) on the jaw bones that hold teeth. In humans, the tooth-bearing bones are the maxilla and the mandible. The curved part of each alveolar process on the jaw is called the alveolar arch.
caption: Cartilages of the nose, seen from below. (Alveolar process of maxilla visible at bottom.
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