cantilever bridge

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can·ti·le·ver bridge

a fixed partial denture in which the pontic is retained only on one side by an abutment tooth.

Synonym(s): extension bridge

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can·ti·le·ver bridge

(kan'ti-lē-vĕr brij)

A fixed partial bridge denture in which the pontic is retained only on one side by an abutment tooth.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

can·ti·le·ver bridge

(kan'ti-lē-vĕr brij)

Fixed partial denture in which pontic is retained on only one side by an abutment tooth.
Synonym(s): extension bridge.

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You can also have them build their cantilever bridges on the floor rather than on chairs or desks.

Bridges

Both Walker and Brown were passionate about bridge building--Walker working on the two cantilever bridges in Michigan and Brown serving as chairman of the Mackinac Bridge Authority during the 1950s.

Fred M. Walker--field engineer and artist

* Cantilever Bridges -- A cantilever bridge extends out beyond its supporting piers and usually has a span suspended between two outstretched "arms." These bridges are constructed "up and out" from opposite supporting sides.