denture
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture ), or all of the teeth (full denture ) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
a set of teeth.
Origin of denture
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How to use denture in a sentence
There, human volunteers wore dentures containing pieces of real teeth.
A shape-shifting robotic tooth-cleaner might one day brush for you | Kathryn Hulick | November 11, 2022 | Science News For StudentsImagine you’re a little kid at Sunday dinner with your whole family and your grandfather’s dentures fall out onto the table.
Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439) | Stephen J. Dubner | November 12, 2020 | FreakonomicsLamb saw that his four upper front teeth were a neatly fitted denture.
The aid of the dentist is required to fit a denture which will at least restore the hard palate and alveolar margin.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander MilesThe tube is anchored to a denture, or by means of a silk thread to the cheek by sticking-plaster.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
A little more, and his tongue would have cleaved to the gold of his upper denture.
Mr. Prohack | E. Arnold BennettIn discussing dental dreams I have pointed out the importance of having the denture examined for possible pus pockets.
Psychoanalysis | Andr Tridon
British Dictionary definitions for denture
/ (ˈdɛntʃə) /
Also called: dental plate, false teeth a partial or full set of artificial teeth
rare a set of natural teeth
Origin of denture
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