Bundle bone

Bundle bone (also known as alveolar bone proper) is a

periodontal ligament are embedded.^[1]

It can also be referred to as alveolar bone proper.

Bundle bone is functionally dependent in that it resorbs following tooth extraction or loss.[1]

Bundle bone is very flexible and constantly remodels to accommodate the changing shape and size of the

radiodense) bone (the ‘cortex’ of alveolus) that lines the alveolus proper, in which Sharpey's fibers insert, that is radiographically termed the lamina dura (lamina dura denta).^{[citation needed}

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References

^ ^a ^b Araujo M, Lindhe J (2003). "The Edentulous Alveolar Ridge.". In Lindhe J, Karring T, Lang NP (eds.). Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry (5th ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Munksgaard. pp. 53–63.

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[Araujo-1] Araujo M, Lindhe J (2003). "The Edentulous Alveolar Ridge.". In Lindhe J, Karring T, Lang NP (eds.). Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry (5th ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Munksgaard. pp. 53–63.

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