DENTAL PLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dental plate mean? 

• DENTAL PLATE (noun)
  The noun DENTAL PLATE has 1 sense:

1. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

  Familiarity information: DENTAL PLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENTAL PLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dental plate; denture; plate

Hypernyms ("dental plate" is a kind of...):

dental appliance (a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dental plate"):

bridge; bridgework (a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth)

false teeth (a removable denture)

partial denture (a denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch)