pivot tooth
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pivot tooth
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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On that design dentist or layman may clearly mark every peculiarity, filling, inlay, pivot tooth, bridge or plate in every mouth.
From Time Magazine Archive
They combed me to the Queen's taste; for a while I was sure scared they'd extract my pivot tooth to see if there wasn't something incriminating and degrading secreted inside it.
From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
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