pivot tooth

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noun

Dentistry. (formerly) an artificial crown attached to the root of a tooth by pivoting.

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Origin of pivot tooth

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Words nearby pivot tooth

pivot bridge, pivot grammar, pivoting, pivot joint, pivotman, pivot tooth, piwakawaka, pix, pixel, pixelate, pixie

How to use pivot tooth in a sentence

Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
The political pivot comes when they realize that there could be a world without Hunger Games at all.
The Hunger Games Economy|Jedediah Purdy|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For all of the bellyaching, tooth gnashing, and public wailing, Democrats have no one to blame but themselves.
How the Lame Democrats Blew It|Goldie Taylor|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This award is fought over tooth-and-nail each year by political consultants from sea to shining sea.
The Strangest, Cheesiest, Most Brazenly False Political Ads of 2014|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pulling the horse on his haunches, and swinging him round at the same moment as if on a pivot, he made a bound to the left.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The exhaust-valve is exactly as when it was put in, worked by a rack-and-tooth segment.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
An Irish housemaid who was sent to call a gentleman to dinner, found him engaged in using a tooth-brush.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
An immense number of pilgrims come here every year to pay their adoration to this divine tooth.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
If he has made the tooth of a poor man to fall out, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World|Hammurabi, King of Babylon