noun.
A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth
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noun.
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."