prosthodontics

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɑs.θəˈdɑn.tɪks/

Noun

prosthodontics (uncountable)

1. 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