If you do not have any teeth, you would not be able to chew your food without dentures.
The denture has to rest on the alveolar ridge and be secure so it does not slide around. If there is insufficient ridge, the denture will not fit properly.
An alveolar ridge is a ridge which forms the borders of the maxilla and mandible, and contains the alveoli of the teeth.
It is called the alveolar ridge. =)
An alveoloplasty is the surgical modification of the alveolar ridges in preparation for the fitting of dentures.
alveolectomy
An alveolar ridge (/ælˈvi.ələr/; also known as the alveolar margin) is one of the two jaw ridges either on the roof of the mouth between the upper teeth and the hard palate or on the bottom of the mouth behind the lower teeth. The alveolar ridges contain the sockets (alveoli) of the teeth. They can be felt with the tongue in the area right above the top teeth or below the bottom teeth. Its surface is covered with little ridges. Sounds made with the tongue touching the alveolar ridge while speaking are called alveolar consonants. Examples of alveolar consonants in English are, for instance, [t], [d], [s], [z], [n], [l] like in the words time, dawn, silly, zoo, nasty and lollipop. There are exceptions to this however, such as speakers of the New York Accent who pronounce [t] and [d] at the back of their teeth. When pronouncing these sounds the tongue touches ([t], [d], [n]), or nearly touches ([s], [z]) the upper alveolar ridge which can also be referred to as gum ridge. In many other languages these same consonants are articulated slightly differently, and are often described as dental consonants. In many languages consonantsare articulated with the tongue touching or close to the upper alveolar ridge. The former are called alveolar plosives, and the latter alveolar fricatives.
An acrodont is a member of a group of lizards who have their teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
lips, teeth, hard palate, soft palate, alveolar ridge uvula and glottis
Speech organs produce the sounds needed for communication and language. They are the lips, tongue, alveolar ridge, hard palate, velum, uvula, and the glottis.
The alveolar process (alveolar bone) is the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets (dental alveoli) on bones that hold teeth. In humans, the tooth-bearing bones are the maxillae and the mandible.[3]
Many different types of dentures exist. There are removable partial dentures, complete dentures, and dental implants. Dentures play an important function in appearance and in aiding chewing.
The spelling of the dental operation is one of these two forms : ALVEOLOPLASTY - correcting the alveolar ridges of the jaw, as when preparing for dentures ALVEOPLASTY - used as a variant name for the same procedure
Alveolar sacs is the structural unit of lungs.Tiny blood capillaries fuse together to make up an alveolar sac.This structure of the sac is very important for the easy diffusion of respiratory gases across the membrane.