What had chewed up the plating, or had smashed the Sigma-9 like a porcelain shell?

And such are the near-perfect smiles people have come to expect from veneers, porcelain shells bonded to the front side of the teeth.

The thick porcelain shells were buried in haste as the Americans drew close, and today sailors say they are still unearthing thousands of the blue and pink casings.

Answer: The definition of a labial veneer is a custom fabricated porcelain shell veneer that is bonded to the front surface of a tooth for either functional or cosmetic reason.

His designers, who ordinarily focus on sinks, seats and handrails, are fond of batting around ideas for urinals because the field is so underdeveloped; the white porcelain shells familiar to men worldwide have changed little for several decades.

A disgusting stench drew him to a yellow ear into which a little corncob seemed to have been thrust, while near it hung festoons of porcelain shells, snowy, pink-tipped, and from another bunch hung some trumpets or upturned bells with a faint odor of borage.