A bridge is a prosthetic device to replace one or more teeth. It usually uses crowns supported by teeth or implants adjacent to the empty space to support the missing tooth in a fixed way.
There are many different bridges designs and applications
This is a stretch, but Thornton Wilder's 1928 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, shares the term "bridge" with dentistry.
Stanley D. Tylman has written: 'Tylman's Theory and practice of fixed prosthodontics' -- subject(s): Bridges (Dentistry), Crowns (Dentistry) 'Theory and practice of crown and bridge prosthodontics' -- subject(s): Bridges (Dentistry), Crowns (Dentistry)
One would need restorative dentistry to fix a tooth that is damaged or to replace a tooth that is missing. A dentist could use a crown or a bridge to fix these issues.
George Evans has written: 'A practical treatise on artificial crown- and bridge-work' -- subject(s): Bridges (Dentistry), Crowns (Dentistry), Dentures, Prosthodontics, Description and travel, Crowns, Artificial Tooth, Partial Denture 'A practical treatise on artificial crown-, bridge-, and porcelain-work' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Dental ceramics, Dental metallurgy, Dentures, Metallurgy, Artificial Tooth, Dentistry
Dentistry is the correct spelling.
K. D. Jila has written: 'Dentistry in ancient India' -- subject(s): Ancient Dentistry, Dentistry, Dentistry, Ancient, History
Charles Jay Miller has written: 'Symposia on:1. Crown and bridge prosthodontics; Charles Jay Miller, consulting editor; 2. Dental materials, Ralph W. Phillips, consulting editor' -- subject(s): Crowns (Dentistry), Bridges (Dentistry), Dental materials
Dentistry Magazine was created in 1995.
Louis C Schultz has written: 'Operative dentistry [by] Louis C. Schultz [and others] Department of Operative Dentistry, University of Michigan School of Dentistry' -- subject(s): Dentistry, Operative, Operative Dentistry
J. D. Hamilton Jamieson has written: 'Aids to operative dentistry' -- subject(s): Dentistry, Operative, Operative Dentistry 'Operative dentistry'
Marquette University School of Dentistry is the only one that offers a program in Dentistry.
The boy studied dentistry at university.