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dento-alveolar joint

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A joint that binds the teeth to the alveolar ridge. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomphosis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

Label

dento-alveolar joint

Synonyms
  • dento-alveolar syndesmosis
  • gomphosis
  • peg-and-socket joint
  • syndesmosis dentoalveolaris
database cross reference
latin term
syndesmosis dentoalveolaris [ FMA : TA FMA : 7495 ]

depicted by

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external ontology notes

MA classifies this as a cartilaginous joint

id

UBERON:0001035

structure notes

Specifically, the connection is made between the maxillary or mandible to the cementum of the tooth. The motion of a gomphosis is very minimal, though considerable movement can be achieved over time--the basis of using braces to realign teeth. The joint can be considered a synarthrosis or an amphiarthrosis. The gomphosis is the only joint-type in which a bone does not join another bone, as teeth are not technically bone. In modern, more anatomical, joint classification, the gomphosis is simply considered a fibrous joint because the tissue linking the structures is ligamentous[WP]