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Maxillofacial prosthetist and technologist — is the term used in the United Kingdom for a specialist who delivers facial, ocular and other prostheses which restore form and function to the body. In the United States, this specialty is known as anaplastology. In the UK,[1] the main governing … Wikipedia
Prosthetics — The art and science of developing artificial replacements for body parts. Depending on the type of prosthesis, prosthetics may be built and fitted/implanted in a hospital (as in the case of an artificial knee joint), or by an outside specialist.… … Medical dictionary
maxillofacial prosthesis — a prosthetic replacement for parts of the maxilla, mandible, or face that are missing or defective because of surgical intervention, trauma, pathology, or developmental malformations. See also under prosthetics … Medical dictionary
facial prosthetics — maxillofacial p … Medical dictionary
dentistry — /den teuh stree/, n. the profession or science dealing with the prevention and treatment of diseases and malformations of the teeth, gums, and oral cavity, and the removal, correction, and replacement of decayed, damaged, or lost parts, including … Universalium
Craniofacial prosthesis — Craniofacial prostheses are prostheses made by individuals trained in anaplastology or maxillofacial prosthodontics who medically help rehabilitate those suffering from facial defects caused by disease (mostly progressed forms of skin cancer, and … Wikipedia
Prosthodontics — is one of the 9 specialties recognized by the American Dental Association, Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. A prosthodontist is a dentist who specializes in prosthodontics, the specialty of… … Wikipedia
Anaplastology — ( Gk. ana again, anew, upon plastos something made, formed, molded logy the study of ) is a branch of medicine dealing with the prosthetic rehabilitation of an absent, disfigured, or malformed anatomically critical location of the face or body.An … Wikipedia
Ocular prosthesis — For the functional replacement or bionic eye, see Visual prosthetic. An ocular prosthesis … Wikipedia
Doctor of Dental Surgery — The DDS degree, referring to Doctor of Dental Surgery, denotes one of a few degrees that are awarded to dentists, the others being Doctor of Dental Medicine ( DMD ), Bachelor of Dentistry (BDent), or Bachelor of Dental Surgery/Chirurgiae (BDS) or … Wikipedia
