Crossword clues for orthodontics
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1909, from Modern Latin orthodontia + -ics.
Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
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
' 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 established by the efforts of pioneering orthodontists such as Edward Angle and Norman William Kingsley. The specialty deals primarily with the diagnosis, prevention and correction of malpositioned teeth and the jaws.
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.