Metal crowns

Japanese: 金属冠 - きんぞくかん
Metal crowns

…A general term for artificial teeth, also called dentures. It includes everything from metal crowns and other crowns to continuous teeth (false teeth, replacement teeth), bridges, partial dentures, and complete dentures. However, the word "dentures" generally brings to mind removable partial dentures and complete dentures.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "metal crowns" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人工的な歯の総称で,義歯dentureともいう。金属冠などの冠をはじめ,継続歯(さし歯,つぎ歯),橋義歯(ブリッジ),部分床義歯(局部義歯),全部床義歯(総入歯,総義歯)など,すべてを含む。しかし一般的に入歯という言葉からは,主として取りはずしのできる部分床義歯や全部床義歯が連想される。…

※「金属冠」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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