Widening or disruption of the lamina dura may indicate periodontal pathology.
Lamina dura
author: Nikos Mardas | publisher: drg. Andreas Tjandra, Sp. Perio, FISID
The radiographic term for alveolar bone proper is lamina dura. This structure appears more dense than adjacent bone on radiographs. Widening or disruption of the lamina dura may indicate periodontal pathology.
Serial posts:
- Healing extraction socket
- Resorption modifies alveolar ridges
- Anatomical features of the alveolar process
- Forming alveolar ridge
- Alveolar process: function and development
- Parts of alveolar process
- Different terms for the alveolar bone proper
- Lamina dura
- Alveolar bone proper: Attachment apparatus
- Bundle bone
- Alveolar bone proper
- Supporting bone
- Outer cortical plate
- Cortical bone
- Trabecular bone
- Macroanatomy of alveolar process
- Extraction socket
- Extraction socket wall
- Alveolar ridge
- Ridge of edentulous site