orthodonture
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7.7
- noun
- /ˌɔrθəˈdɒntʃər/
- Archaic
:
ortodoncia
- The new patient was excited to begin her orthodonture journey for a beautiful smile.
Examples
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Use iodine, you might save on orthodonture.
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Clearly, expensive orthodonture was not wasted on girls headed for the convent.
Fiction book (1998) -
His orthodonture and his university.
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Just to be safe, I want us to strap ourselves in with these orthodonture bands.
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l have a three-year-old daughter... eventually headed for orthodonture.
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The children have had their orthodonture, will have their college educations; we have our house, our vacation home, our travels, our retirement funds.
Fiction book (1994) -
After several visits to the dentist, she finally completed her orthodonture treatment to straighten her teeth.
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Many teenagers undergo orthodonture to fix their misaligned teeth and improve their confidence.
Synonyms
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A part of dental care that prevents and fixes crooked teeth and jaw problems
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5.0
The part of dentistry that prevents and corrects crooked teeth and jaws
A part of medicine that prevents and corrects problems of teeth and jaws
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
orthodonture = ortho + odont + ure
This is a learned technical term built from Greek combining forms meaning roughly 'straight' and 'tooth', but the full meaning is not readily inferable for an average learner.
Etymology
Orthodonture comes from the Greek parts ortho 'straight' and odont 'tooth'. So, orthodonture is the branch of dentistry that makes teeth and jaws straight and fixes crowded or crooked teeth.