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bridge

noun/brɪdʒ/

B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A fixed prosthesis that replaces one or more missing teeth by anchoring artificial teeth to the adjacent natural teeth.

A bridge would fill the gap by using the two neighbouring teeth as supports for the replacement tooth.

Topic: Dentistry in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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