What is a "cantilever bridge"?

What is a "cantilever bridge"?

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A normal dental bridge has a sound tooth on either end with missing teeth in between those sound teeth. A cantilever bridge is attached to one tooth and then hangs over, or cantilevers, beyond that one tooth without another tooth on the other end.