A term used to describe tooth looseness. Healthy teeth are not mobile. Teeth may become mobile due to periodontal disease, endodontic infection, trauma, or clenching and grinding.

The large back teeth. They are designed for crushing and grinding our food. Molars have multiple roots which support them. The Lower molars usually have two roots to support them and the upper molars usually have three roots to support them. The space between the roots of a tooth is called a furcation. We have three molars in each quadrant …

The place where the alveolar mucosa meets the keratinized gingiva. This is normally several millimeters below where the gum tissue is located on a tooth. If it is closer to the tooth than two millimeters a gum graft may be required to stabilize the gum on the tooth.

The soft tissues of the body which are made of a thin fragile unkeratinized layer of skin and are usually very moist due to some type of gland which excretes fluid. The inside of the eyelids are one type of mucosa as is the tissue of the inside of the lips and cheeks.