prosthodontics

[ pros-thuh-don-tiks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.

prosthodontics

/ ˌprɒsθəˈdɒntɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the branch of dentistry concerned with the artificial replacement of missing teeth

Derived Forms

• ˌprosthoˈdontist, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of prosthodontics¹

First recorded in 1945–50; prosth(esis) + -odont + -ics

Word History and Origins

Origin of prosthodontics¹

C20: from prosth ( esis ) + -odont + -ics

Example Sentences

“You don’t put food through your nose or in your ear,” said Lori McNeel, a patient advocate at Ozark Prosthodontics, a hub for kids and young adults with missing teeth.

From Slate

She is now a surgical dental assistant at Jovan Prosthodontics in Austin, although because of Covid-19, she was recently furloughed.

From New York Times

Sandra Schoenbach Weinstein, a dentist at Westchester Prosthodontics in White Plains, N.Y., has had firsthand experience with the coronavirus that forced the United States’200,000 dentists to close their practices to all but emergency procedures in mid-March.

From Washington Post

Dr Sherif Elsharkawy, an expert in prosthodontics at King’s College London who was not involved in the work, praised the research and said he found the approach very exciting.

From The Guardian

He said he had been recruited to the UW to continue a practice that was started there in 1952, and had planned to recruit another specialist to the school before he retired so that the UW would continue to offer maxillofacial prosthodontics.

From Seattle Times