dento-alveolar joint
A joint that binds the teeth to the alveolar ridge. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomphosis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: dento-alveolar syndesmosis, gomphosis, syndesmosis dentoalveolaris, peg-and-socket joint
Term info
- FMA:7495
- Wikipedia:Gomphosis
- MA:0001499
- SCTID:50870008
- EMAPA:37464 (MA:th)
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]
MA classifies this as a cartilaginous joint
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Gray1003.png
socket
uberon
UBERON:0001035
Dento-alveolar joint, dento-alveolar joint
Term relations
- fibrous joint
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some jaw skeleton
- connects some alveolar ridge
- connects some calcareous tooth