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Orthodontics

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth. uncountable
  2. 2
    the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth wordnet

Etymology

From ortho- (“correct, straight”) + -odont + -ics.

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