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orthodontia Dentistry.|ɔːθəʊˈdɒntɪə|
[f. as next + -ia1.]
Orthodontics.
1849C. A. Harris Dict. Dent. Sci. 554/2 Orthodontia. 1850― Princ. & Pract. Dental Surg. (ed. 4) i. xi. 149 Fauchard and Bourdet were among the first who turned their attention to orthodontia. 1908Practitioner Dec. 858 A case showing the importance of moving the roots of the teeth in orthodontia. 1939S. J. Bregstein Dentist & his Control of Pract. v. 155 Preventive orthodontia, however, is regarded..as more commendable than corrective realignment of teeth and jaws. 1970Biol. Abstr. LI. 3601/2 Surgery and orthodontia in ‘retained teeth’. |