orthodontia
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- noun
- /ˌɔrθəˈdɑnʃə/
- Specialized
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ortodoncia
- Years of fluoridated water, decay-preventive dentifrices, and orthodontia had worked their magic.
- orthodontia practice
Examples
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The well-cut blond or brown hair, the smooth boyish skin, the perfect teeth (or teeth on their way to being made perfect by means of expensively glittering orthodontia).
Fiction book (2002) -
The study could also identify students in need of specialized dental care, such as orthodontia.
Academic text (1990) -
For this I'm spending 8,000 on orthodontia work?
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The absence of overjet (overbite) can be misleading in the case of previous orthodontia or retroinclined maxillary incisors.
Academic text (1999) -
The dentist recommended orthodontia to fix her crooked teeth.
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Many teenagers undergo orthodontia to achieve a straighter smile before prom.
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After months of orthodontia treatment, she was excited to finally get her braces removed.
Synonyms
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The part of dentistry that prevents and corrects crooked teeth and jaws
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Dental care that straightens teeth and corrects the jaws
A part of medicine that prevents and corrects problems of teeth and jaws
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
orthodontia = orthodontist (opaque) = ortho + odont + ia
Forming a field name from a practitioner term (orthodontist → orthodontia) is a recognizable English pattern, though it relies on Greek combining forms.
Etymology
Orthodontia comes from Greek parts ortho- 'straight' and odont 'tooth', the same root you see in orthodontist. So orthodontia is the dental care that helps make teeth straight.