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alveolar arch

NOUN
  1. the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set

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  • In the majority of cases this wide gap in the alveolus in front can be filled by forcible fracture of the projecting intermaxillary bone, which is then carried into line with the normal alveolar arch and there sutured until osseous union is secured. With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon
  • He took as the normal type the skull of the Caucasian race, which is distinguished by harmony of the individual parts, none being unduly prominent: with roundness (mesocephaly) are united a massive high forehead, narrow cheek-bones, round alveolar arch, and an orthognathous upper jaw. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
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