alveolar arch

1. 1.

   the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set

   Broaderprocess

   Part ofjaw

Questions about alveolar arch

What does alveolar arch mean?

alveolar arch means "the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set".

Is alveolar arch a common word?

alveolar arch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.