单词 | abutment tooth |
释义 | > as lemmasabutment tooth 6. Dentistry. A tooth that anchors or supports a prosthesis. Also abutment tooth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > that anchors or supports prosthesis abutment1886 1886 Dental Cosmos 28 210 About a sixteenth of an inch is then ground from the occluding cusps of the abutment teeth. 1895 Brit. Jrnl. Dental Sci. 38 550 Bridgework in dentistry is the building of an artificial denture..depending upon the abutments for its stability and position. 1930 G. M. Hollenback in I. G. Nicholls Prosthetic Dentistry xlii. 653 It..does not provide as good retention, nor as good support for the abutment tooth as a partial veneer. 1972 Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 16 Jan. b8/3 Conventional permanent bridges may fail to hold up if the teeth that serve as abutments give way. 2003 J. F. McCord et al. Missing Teeth iv. 45/1 The occlusal rest..is placed on the mesial side of the terminal abutment tooth. < as lemmas |
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