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  • noun Plural form of denture.

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Examples

  • The porcelain dentures, which were still sitting in Arthur Richard Dillon’s mouth, have gone on display at the Museum of London.

    200 Year Old False Teeth | Impact Lab 2006

  • To paraphrase one that she shares with her beloved granddaughter, "Losing a husband or two is something you can live with, but losing your dentures is a catastrophe."

    Albert Imperato: My First Time Seeing Sondheim's A Little Night Music 2010

  • Is it me, or does Uecker sound like his dentures are a bit loose?

    JSOnline.com 2009

  • The MDA charged that VanDenEeden had been illegally practicing dentistry by diagnosing and fitting patients for dentures, which is illegal under Michigan law.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2008

  • If you have dental work that has been started, but not completed (such as dentures), Medicaid may pay to finish the work after July 1, 2009.

    We Dared To Hope! 2009

  • Still, looking on the bright side you're out of the bottom three and none of your players got bitten by Jermain "dentures" Defoe!

    The Budgens Budgie Budget Kerron Cross 2006

  • Dental implants are more durable and much stronger compared to the other implant dentistry methods of teeth restoration such as dentures and bridges.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

  • Other reductions include some that are wince-inducing, such as dentures for poor people.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • Other reductions include some that are wince-inducing, such as dentures for poor people.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • Dental implants are more durable and much stronger compared to the other implant dentistry methods of teeth restoration such as dentures and bridges.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

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  • As a child, my grandmother's dentures in a glass of water on the nightstand used to traumatize me.

    February 6, 2008

  • Intriguing?


    -- from Son of Groucho - (?)

    May 2, 2008

  • Those wind up chattering teeth must put you right over the edge, Tree.

    May 2, 2008

  • SoG, where have you been? :-) Welcome back--and thanks for the warninga bout the General's dentures.

    May 2, 2008