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Bridgework

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A dental bridge.

n. Dental prosthetics involving a bridge or bridges.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The adjustment of artificial teeth by attaching the frame holding them to adjacent sound teeth as abutments.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth

Word Usage

"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."

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dental plate plate denture

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