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单词 prosthodontics
释义

prosthodontics

/ˌprɒsθəˈdɒntɪks /
plural noun [treated as singular]
The branch of dentistry concerned with the design, manufacture, and fitting of artificial replacements for teeth and other parts of the mouth.Stating this here today, he said it would be started in the area of oral surgery, orthodontics, prosthodontics, and periodontics and conservation dentistry....
  • Restorative dentistry also includes endodontics (treating the pulps or root canals of teeth) and prosthodontics.
  • The College of Dentistry's prosthodontics department has monitored patients with overdentures since 1973 and has followed over 350 patients who are using them.

Derivatives

prosthodontist

/ˌprɒsθəˈdɒntɪst/ noun ...
  • With a maxillofacial prosthodontist he helped restore her former beauty.
  • Specialising as a prosthodontist, he maintains his clinical currency and credibility with a regular clinic.

Origin

1940s: from prosthesis, on the pattern of orthodontics.

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