Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dental bridge.
- noun Dental prosthetics involving a bridge or bridges.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The adjustment of artificial teeth by attaching the frame holding them to adjacent sound teeth as abutments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dentistry A partial
denture that is anchored to existingteeth
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
Etymologies
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Examples
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After more dental issues, including a failed implant, Kucinich in the end had to get new bridgework and six replacement teeth.
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In the letter, Kucinich said he had three dental surgeries over two years after he split a tooth -- key to some upper bridgework in his mouth -- right through the crown and to a point below the level of the bone.
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My bridgework had to be completely reconfigured, a new partial was designed, so this injury did not affect only one tooth, but rather involved six 6 replacement teeth as well.
The tortured tale of Rep. Dennis Kucinich and his olive pit Philip Rucker 2011
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The Ohio congressman said biting into the pit in April 2008 split a tooth down to the bone, caused excruciating pain and required reconfigured bridgework.
Dennis Kucinich Settles Olive-Pit-In-Sandwich Lawsuit AP 2011
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The Ohio congressman said biting into the pit in April 2008 split a tooth down to the bone, caused excruciating pain and required reconfigured bridgework.
Dennis Kucinich Settles Olive-Pit-In-Sandwich Lawsuit AP 2011
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This tooth is a key tooth which anchored my upper bridgework.
The tortured tale of Rep. Dennis Kucinich and his olive pit Philip Rucker 2011
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His cunning intelligence chief was General Tai Li, a short and stocky man always dressed in a khaki coat buttoned tightly at the collar, whose teeth were laced with gold bridgework that he exposed during the rare times he smiled.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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His cunning intelligence chief was General Tai Li, a short and stocky man always dressed in a khaki coat buttoned tightly at the collar, whose teeth were laced with gold bridgework that he exposed during the rare times he smiled.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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I found the glass on the draining board, said Mrs. Ali, presenting him with the thick tumbler in which he soaked his partial bridgework at night.
Excerpt: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson 2010
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The Ohio congressman said biting into the pit in April 2008 split a tooth down to the bone, caused excruciating pain and required reconfigured bridgework.
Dennis Kucinich Settles Olive-Pit-In-Sandwich Lawsuit AP 2011
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