Alveolar bone forms tooth sockets and provides attachment for the periodontal ligament. It consists of inner and outer cortical plates, cancellous bone, and bone lining the socket. These structures meet at the alveolar crest, usually 2 mm below the cementoenamel junction. The bone lining the socket, also known as bundle bone, cribriform plate, or lamina dura, provides direct support for teeth. Bone remodeling involves the interdependent action of osteoblasts and osteoclasts to replace old bone.

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ALVEOLAR BONE
Definition
It is that portion of the maxilla and mandible that forms and supports
the tooth socket (alveoli). It is formed when the tooth erupts, in order
to provide osseous attachment to the forming periodontal ligament and
gradually disappears after the tooth is lost

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Parts of Alveolar Bone
Alveolar bone consists of the following:
1. Inner and outer cortical plate.
2. The bone lining the socket.
3. An interior portion of cancellous
The cortical plates and the bone lining the socket
crest, usually 2 mm below the
Alveolar bone consists of the following:
cortical plate.
the socket.
cancellous bone
and the bone lining the socket meet at the alve
, usually 2 mm below the CEJ.
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meet at the alveolar

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The bone lining the socket is also compact bone and can be known as
any of the following:
1. Bundle bone,
since bundles of Sharpey’s fibers from the periodontal ligament are
embedded in it.
2. The cribriform plate
because it is perforated by numerous vascular channels.
3. Alveolar bone proper
as it provides direct bony support for the teeth.
4. Lamina dura
which is radiographically seen as a dense plate.

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chemical composition of bone.
A. Inorganic: 67% Hydroxyapatite
B. Organic: 33%
• Collagen – 28%
• Non-collagenous protein – 5%
Types Of Collagen Are Present In The Alveolar Bone
Type I - Mainly
Type III, V, XII, XIV – Traces.

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Various Non-collagenous proteins in Bone Matrix.
(i) Osteocalcin
(ii) Osteonectin
(iii) Osteopontin
(iv) Bone sialoprotein
(v) Bone proteoglycan biglycan
(vi) Bone proteoglycan II decorin
(vii) Thrombospondin
(viii) Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs).

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Coupling
It is interdependency of osteoblasts and osteoclasts in r
the bone.
It is interdependency of osteoblasts and osteoclasts in remodeling of
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emodeling of

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Fenestration And Dehiscence
Fenestration
Isolated areas in which root is denuded of bone and
covered by gingiva and periosteum, where marginal
Dehiscence
When the denuded areas extend through
is called dehiscence.
Fenestration And Dehiscence
Isolated areas in which root is denuded of bone and root surface is
covered by gingiva and periosteum, where marginal bone is intact.
When the denuded areas extend through the marginal bone, the defect
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root surface is
bone is intact.
bone, the defect

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Bone Modeling And Bone Remodeling
Bone modeling:
The process by which the overall size and shape of bone is established is
called as bone modeling. It extends from embryonic bone development
to the pre-adult period of human growth, which is continuous and
covers a large surface.
Bone remodeling:
The replacement of old bone by new is called bone turnover
remodeling. It does not stop when adulthood is reached, although its
rate slows down, which is cyclical and usually covers a small area.