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Definition of Dental orthopaedics
1. Noun. The branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth.
Exact synonyms: Dental Orthopedics, Orthodontia, Orthodontics, Orthodonture
Generic synonyms: Dental Medicine, Dentistry, Odontology
Derivative terms: Orthodontic, Orthodontic, Orthodontist, Orthodontic
Generic synonyms: Dental Medicine, Dentistry, Odontology
Derivative terms: Orthodontic, Orthodontic, Orthodontist, Orthodontic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dental Orthopaedics
Literary usage of Dental orthopaedics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"... dealing respectively ivith (i) dental anatomy, histology, and embryology, (2) >perative
dentistry, and (3) dental orthopaedics, ..."