odontotechny

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odontotechny (uncountable)

  1. (dentistry) The technical devices and items that are used in the practice of dentistry and orthodontia.
    • 1829, Samuel Sheldon Fitch, A System of Dental Surgery, page 14:
      I need not extend the subject any farther; enough has been said , and much more might be, if necessary, to prove clearly and conclusively that the odontotechny of the Greeks and Romans was advanced to a considerable degree of perfection: []
    • 1904, American Dental Journal, volume 3, page 779:
      [] the manner of inserting pivot teeth, the construction of springs for artificial dentures and into other parts of odontotechny.