DENTAL APPLIANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dental appliance mean? 

• DENTAL APPLIANCE (noun)
  The noun DENTAL APPLIANCE has 1 sense:

1. a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth

  Familiarity information: DENTAL APPLIANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENTAL APPLIANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dental appliance" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Domain category:

dental medicine; dentistry; odontology (the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dental appliance"):

bite plate; biteplate (a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes)

brace; braces; orthodontic braces (an appliance that corrects dental irregularities)

cap; crown; crownwork; jacket; jacket crown ((dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth)

dental plate; denture; plate (a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth)

filling ((dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth)

retainer (a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment)