orthodontics

1. 1.

   the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth

   Synonymsorthodontiaorthodonturedental orthopedicsdental orthopaedics

   Broaderdentistry

Other forms of orthodontics

plural

orthodonticses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about orthodontics

What does orthodontics mean?

orthodontics means "the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth".

How many syllables are in orthodontics?

orthodontics has 4 syllables: or-tho-don-tics. The stress falls on "don". In IPA it is /ˌɔɹθəˈdɑntɪks/.

What is another word for orthodontics?

Close synonyms include orthodontia, orthodonture, dental orthopedics, dental orthopaedics. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orthodontics a common word?

orthodontics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.