alveolar bone resorption
Type: process Aliases: bone resorptionbone lossalveolar bone loss
- Systems Analogy The gradual loss of jawbone tissue that anchors and stabilizes your teeth.
- Formal Definition The pathological osteoclast-mediated breakdown and loss of the alveolar jawbone surrounding teeth, driven by chronic periodontitis.
Mentioned In
- Conditionperiodontitis
Scientific Sources & Literature Citations
- [1] Empirical Study Dominy SS, et al. Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer's disease brains. Sci Adv. 2019;5(1):eaau3333. ↗
"Periodontitis leads to the destruction of periodontal tissues and alveolar bone."