prosthodontics

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɑs.θəˈdɑn.tɪks/

Noun

prosthodontics (uncountable)

Prosthetic dentistry: a specialty of dentistry concerned with the restoration or replacement of damaged or missing teeth or portions thereof.

Hypernyms

dentistry (hypernymous from most cognitive viewpoints albeit sometimes framed as coordinate when the notion of general dentistry is implied)

Coordinate terms

orthodontics

Related terms

prosthesis

Translations

restoration or replacement of damaged or missing teeth

Asturian: prostodoncia f
Catalan: prostodòncia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 口腔修復學／口腔修复学 (kǒuqiāng xiūfù xué) (as a body of knowledge), 義齒修復術／义齿修复术 (yìchǐ xiūfù shù) (as a dental procedure)
Finnish: hammasprotetiikka (fi)
German: Zahnersatz (de) m
Japanese: 歯科補綴学 (しかほてつがく, shika hotetsu-gaku)
Korean: 치과 보철학 (chigwa bocheolhak)
Polish: protetyka stomatologiczna f
Spanish: prostodoncia f
Tagalog: prostodontiks
Turkish: prostodonti

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