# Zahnfach in English: dental alveolus – dental dictionary

> German dental term "Zahnfach" in English: dental alveolus. Category Anatomy, with US/UK spelling, synonyms and the sources that confirm the translation.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/zahnfach  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:25:17Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/zahnfach.md

**Zahnfach** = **dental alveolus**

- **English (US):** dental alveolus
- **Category:** Anatomy

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D020390 · Tooth Socket / Zahnfach (MeSH main heading)): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D020390](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D020390)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Zahnfach](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahnfach), [en.wikipedia.org: Dental alveolus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_alveolus), [Wikidata Q143588](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143588)
- Wiktionary translation table (verification only): [de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zahnfach](https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zahnfach)
- Wiktionary translation table (verification only): [en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dental_alveolus](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dental_alveolus)

[German–English dental dictionary](https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english.md) · Deutscher MeSH 2026, ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de); English MeSH courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.