alveolar ridge

American  

noun

1. the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.

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Example Sentences

But patients with English as their native language hold the tongue higher � against the alveolar ridge just behind the base of the upper front teeth � to make the same sounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

Result: the English-language patient's tongue hits a foreign object right behind the alveolar ridge and doesn't know what to make of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah