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prosthodontic

prosthodontic

1 9.5
About designing and fitting artificial teeth and other parts of the mouth
  • adjective
  • /prɒsθəˈdɒntɪk/
  • Specialized
: prostodóntico
  • After completing her training, she specialized in prosthodontic dentistry.

Examples

  • As the national basic-benefits plan grows, most dental care, except for more expensive prosthodontic work, will also become covered.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The dentist recommended a prosthodontic treatment to replace my missing teeth.

  • He was praised for his skills in prosthodontic procedures during the clinic's evaluation.

Surface Forms

prosthodontic positive

Morphology

prosthodontic = prosthodontics (opaque) = prostho + odont + ic

A specialized medical adjective formed from Greek combining forms ('prostho-' + 'odont-') plus '-ic', which is not transparent to average learners who will not recognize the combining forms.

Etymology

Prosthodontic comes from Greek parts: prostho- meaning 'added' or 'placed' and odont meaning 'tooth', and you can see the same idea in prosthetic, which means an artificial part. So, prosthodontic is about making and fitting 'added' or replacement teeth and other mouth parts.