dental prosthesis

Plural
dental prostheses

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an artificial replacement (prosthesis) of one or more teeth (up to the entire dentition in either arch) and associated dental/alveolar structures. Dental prostheses usually are subcategorized as either fixed dental prostheses or removable dental prostheses —see also FIXED DENTAL PROSTHESIS, REMOVABLE DENTAL PROSTHESIS; comp to MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS, ANCILLARY PROSTHESIS

Pronunciation
de˘n′tl pro˘s-thē′sis