The body has multiple different types of septums, which are generally defined as a partition or “wall” that divides a cavity or a space in the body. Some septums are made from cartilage or membranes, while others are considered “osseous”, or made of bone. The alveolar septum is also called the interalveolar septum or the interradicular septum, and is one of the very thin plates of bone that separates the alveoli or tooth sockets in the teeth from one another in both the maxillary alveolar ridge and the lower alveolar ridge. Ideally, the alveolar septum would be allowed to remain intact after a dental implant procedure and the implant hardware would rest in the middle of the alveoli or tooth socket similar to the root of a natural tooth, between the two alveolar septums on either side of it.