The airstream escapes through a narrow groove formed in the centre of the tongue, causing friction between the tongue and thealveolarridge.
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The upper lip was viewed in the coronal plane and thealveolarridge, tooth sockets and point of fusion of primary and secondary palates in the axial plane.
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Sounds made with the tongue touching thealveolarridgewhile speaking are called alveolar consonants.
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If the cleft extends into the maxillaryalveolarridge, the gap is usually corrected by filling the gap with bone tissue.
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The maxillary arch receives primary support from the horizontal hard palate and the posterioralveolarridgecrest.
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The hard palate is horizontal for up to 1 cm behind the teeth, before suddenly opening upward in a feature known as thealveolarridge.
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Less commonly there may be a single fold, and the lesion may appear on the lingual surface of the mandibularalveolarridge.
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Secondary support for the complete mandibular denture is provided by thealveolarridgecrest.
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In many languages consonants are articulated with the tongue touching or close to the upperalveolarridge.
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It usually presents as a white papule 1 - 2 mm in diameter on the maxillary (upper)alveolarridgeof newborns.
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The next set of letters, to r are all alveolar placement, which is the pressing of tongue on thealveolarridge.
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Upper lips, teeth,alveolarridge, hard palate, soft palate, uvula, and pharynx wall are passive articulators.
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Edentulous jaw ridges tend to resorb progressively over the years, especially thealveolarridgeof the lower jaw.
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Articulation disorders have to do with the main articulators which are the lips, teeth,alveolarridge, hard palate, velum, glottis, and the tongue.
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Organs used include the lips, teeth, tongue,alveolarridge, hard palate, velum (soft palate), uvula and glottis.
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