orthodontics
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- noun
- /ˌɔrθəˈdɑntɪks/
- Specialized
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- Many teenagers undergo orthodontics to ensure their teeth are straight before they graduate high school.
- orthodontics practice
Like many American teenagers, including myself, have had had like extensive cosmetic orthodontist like orthodontics as teenagers.
- Like many American teenagers, including myself, have had had like extensive cosmetic orthodontist like orthodontics as teenagers.
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After you finish that, you may have the option of specializing in orthodontics.
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My whole family's in orthodontics.
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There's only so much I can do with traditional orthodontics.
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For instance, there are dental assistants that primarily work with orthodontics, which may get paid a little more than the average dental assistant does.
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I've never had problems with cavities, but in my teens, I cost my parents a fortune in orthodontics.
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Ezra chose orthodontics.
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In most cases, a dentist with the Invisalign tooth straightening system is just like any other dentist who's trained to put orthodontics on teeth.
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Orthodontics focuses on correcting the alignment of teeth and jaws to improve your smile.
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The orthodontics specialist recommended braces to help realign my crooked teeth.
Synonyms
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A part of dental care that prevents and fixes crooked teeth and jaw problems
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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
orthodontics = orthodontic (opaque) = ortho + odont + ics
Forming the name of a field from the adjectival base 'orthodontic' using the productive suffix '-ics' is a straightforward derivation.
Etymology
Orthodontics comes from the Greek parts ortho- 'straight' and odont- 'tooth'. So, orthodontics is the dental work, like braces, that helps make teeth straight.