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Correction of dental irregularities
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orthodontics
Alternative clues for the word orthodontics
Word definitions for orthodontics in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1909, from Modern Latin orthodontia + -ics .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth [syn: orthodontia , orthodonture , dental orthopedics , dental orthopaedics ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
' Orthodontia ', also known as orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics , is a specialty field of dentistry . An orthodontist is a specialist who has undergone special training in a dental school or college after they have graduated in dentistry. It was ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
orthodontics \orthodontics\ n. (Med.) A branch of dentistry specializing in the treatment of the teeth so as to make the teeth align properly within the mouth; it usually involves fitting a patient with braces and sometimes oral surgery.
Usage examples of orthodontics.
Her smile, thanks to orthodontics, was quite fetching, however, and her eyes were indeed jungle green.
I looked young, but I was definitely past the zit cream and orthodontics stage of life.
My own lips immediately curled into a heartfelt smile of their own, although they stopped short of exposing the gentle overbite that not even years of expensive orthodontics had been able to correct completely.