Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Definition

noun

A dental specialty concerned chiefly with the diagnosis, planning, restoration, and maintenance of dental function, aesthetics, comfort, and oral/dental health of the patient with dental problems, such as the loss, decay, or chipping of (a portion of) a single or more teeth

Supplement

Synonym(s):

• dental prosthetics
• prosthetic dentistry

Related term(s):

• prosthodontic (adjective)
• prosthodontist