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orthodontics

orthodontics

English

Noun

orthodontics ‎(uncountable)

(medicine) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.

Synonyms

orthodontia

Translations

correcting misalignment of teeth

Azeri: ortodontiya
Catalan: ortodòncia f, ortodontologia f
Czech: ortodoncie f
Finnish: oikomishoito (fi), hampaiden oionta (fi)

French: orthodontie (fr)
German: Kieferorthopädie f
Greek: ορθοδοντική (el) f ‎(orthodontikí)
Hungarian: fogszabályozás (hu)
Spanish: ortodoncia f