buccal notch

buccal notch,

a depression in a denture flange that accommodates the buccal frenum. See also labial notch.

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buccal corridor width (buk´l kor´idr),

n the negative space between the buccal surface of the maxillary first premolar and the inner point at which the lips join when the patient smiles. It is often stated as a ratio of the inner lip commissure width divided by the distance between the first maxillary premolars.

buccal flange,

n See flange, buccal.

buccal lymph nodes,

n See lymph nodes, buccal.

buccal mucosa,

n See mucosa, oral.

buccal notch,

n See notch, buccal.

buccal shelf,

n See shelf, buccal.

buccal splint,

n See splint, buccal.

buccal surface,

n See surface, buccal.

buccal tube,

n See tube, buccal.

buccal vestibule,

n See vestibule, buccal.

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notch,

n an indentation.

notch, buccal,

n the notch in the flange of a denture that accommodates the buccal frenum.

notch, coronoid

n greatest concavity on the anterior border of the ramus of the mandible.

notch, hamular,

n See notch, pterygomaxillary.

notch, labial,

n the notch in the labial flange of a maxillary or mandibular denture that accommodates the labial frenum.

notch, mandibular,

n a semicircular depression located on the mandible between the condyle and the coronoid process. Fibers arise from the anterior edge of the temporalis to form a distinct muscle, the temporalis minor, that inserts onto the mandibular notch.

notch, pterygomaxillary

n (hamular notch), the notch or fissure formed at the junction of the maxilla and the hamular, or pterygoid, process of the sphenoid bone.

notch, sigmoid,

n the concavity on the superior surface of the ramus of the mandible lying between the coronoid and condyloid processes.