orthodontics (redirected from Straight teeth)

orthodontics /or·tho·don·tics/ (-don´tiks) the branch of dentistry concerned with irregularities of teeth and malocclusion, and associated facial abnormalities.orthodon´tic

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or·tho·don·tics (ôrth-dntks)

n.

The dental specialty and practice of preventing and correcting irregularities of the teeth, as by the use of braces. Also called orthodontia, orthodonture.

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ortho·dontic adj.

ortho·dontist n.

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orthodontics (ôr´thdän´tiks),

n the area of dentistry concerned with the supervision, guidance, and correction of the growing and mature orofacial structures. This includes conditions that require movement of the teeth or correction of malrelationships and malformations of related structures by the adjustment of relationships between and among teeth and facial bones by the application of forces or the stimulation and redirection of functional forces within the craniofacial complex. Major responsibilities of the practice include (1) the diagnosis, prevention, interception, and treatment of all forms of malocclusion of the teeth and associated alterations in their surrounding structures; (2) design, application, and control of functional and corrective appliances; and (3) guidance of the dentition and its supporting structures to attain and maintain optimum occlusal relations in physiologic and esthetic harmony among facial and cranial structures. Also called
dentofacial orthopedics.

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orthodontics, orthodontia

that branch of dentistry concerned with irregularities of teeth and malocclusion.