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{{short description|Histologic term in dentistry}}

'''Bundle bone''' (also known as alveolar bone proper) is a [[histology|histologic]] term for the portion of the bone of the [[alveolar process]] that surrounds teeth and into which the collagen fibers of the [[periodontal ligament]] are embedded.<ref name="Araujo">{{cite book | vauthors = Araujo M, Lindhe J | chapter = The Edentulous Alveolar Ridge. | veditors = Lindhe J, Karring T, Lang NP | title = ''Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry'' | edition = 5th | location = Oxford | publisher = Blackwell Munksgaard | date = 2003 | pages = 53–63 }}</ref> It can also be referred to as alveolar bone proper.

Bundle bone is functionally dependent in that it resorbs following tooth extraction or loss.<ref name="Araujo" />

Bundle bone is very flexible and constantly remodels to accommodate the changing shape and size of the [[Teeth|dental structures]] it contains. Bundle bone can be divided into two main parts: a thin layer of compact ([[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).{{cn|date=August 2023}}

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