the branch of dental surgery concerned with the extraction of teeth
Also called: exodontia (ˌɛksəʊˈdɒnʃə)
Derived forms
exodontist (ˌexoˈdontist)
noun
Word origin
C20: New Latin, from ex-1 + -odontia, from Greek odōn tooth
Examples of 'exodontia' in a sentence
exodontia
Our objective was to study the changes in the masseter muscles after unilateral exodontia.
Carolina de Souza Guerra, Yamba Carla Lara Pereira, João Paulo Mardegan Issa, KellyGalisteu Luiz, Elaine A. Del Bel Guimarães, Raquel Fernanda Gerlach, Mamie MizusakiIyomasa 2014, 'Histological, Histochemical, and Protein Changes after Induced Malocclusion by OcclusionAlteration of Wistar Rats', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/563463. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The second and the third cases were identified during tomographic evaluation for third molar exodontia.
Paulo de Camargo MORAES , Daniela Prata TACCHELLI, Rubens Gonçalves TEIXEIRA, LucianaButini OLIVEIRA , José Luiz Cintra JUNQUEIRA 2018, 'Bifid canals: identification of three clinical cases using cone-beam computed tomographyimages', RGO: Revista Gaúcha de Odontologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-86372018000300263&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)