Orthodontics
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A dental specialty concerned with the prevention and correction of dental and oral anomalies (malocclusion). |
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SPEC: SPEC qualif; orthopédie dento-faciale in French titles is translated "orthodontics" & indexed here |
Orthodontics Categories.
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Orthodontic Appliance Design - The planning, calculation, and creation of an apparatus for the purpose of correcting the placement or straightening of teeth. |
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Orthodontic Appliances - Devices used for influencing tooth position. Orthodontic appliances may be classified as fixed or removable, active or retaining, and intraoral or extraoral. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p19) |
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Orthodontics, Corrective - The phase of orthodontics concerned with the correction of malocclusion with proper appliances and prevention of its sequelae (Jablonski's Illus. Dictionary of Dentistry). |
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Orthodontics, Interceptive - Recognition and elimination of potential irregularities and malpositions in the developing dentofacial complex. |
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Orthodontics, Preventive |
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