dental bridge; bridgework
A fixed dental prosthesis used to replace one or more missing teeth by anchoring to adjacent teeth. Technical term used in dentistry; in everyday conversation, ブリッジ is more common.
See also: ブリッジ
The dentist recommended a dental bridge to replace the missing tooth.
A dental bridge is fixed by using the adjacent teeth as supports.
More common loanword for 'dental bridge' in everyday Japanese. 架工義歯 is the formal kanji term used mainly in clinical contexts.
General term for 'denture' or 'false tooth'. 架工義歯 specifies a fixed bridge, while 義歯 can refer to any removable or fixed prosthesis.
Compound of 架工 (kakō, 'bridgework' or 'framework') and 義歯 (gishi, 'artificial tooth'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern technical coinage in dentistry.