vestibule

Description
A narrow, natural space between the exteriors of the teeth and the interiors of the lips and cheeks. The vestibule is bordered along its cranial and caudal aspects by the vestibular fold from where the attached gingiva merges into the mobile mucosa.
Please note
n (ca. 1728)
Hyphenation
ves•ti•bule
Definition from Glossary
1: any of various bony cavities, especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to another 2: the portion of the oral cavity that is bounded on the medial side by the teeth, gingiva, and alveolar ridge or the residual ridge, and on the lateral side by the lips and cheeks—see BUCCAL V., LABIAL V.
Pronunciation
ve˘s′ta-byōōl