Two types of alveolar bone loss are associated with such infections: horizontal and vertical bone loss. The osteotome technique represents a substantially less-invasive procedure for controlled alveolar horizontal expansion (especially in lateral sites of the mandible). The meaning of ALVEOLAR is of, relating to, resembling, or having alveoli; especially : of, relating to, or constituting the part of the jaws where the teeth arise, the air-containing compartments.

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