hambaridade ja lõualuu ehituse vigade parandamisega tegelev stomatoloogia haru, hambaravi haru, mis tegeleb hammaste asendite muutmise, lõualuu ehituse parandamise ja muude hambumusprobleemidega, the dental specialty that focuses on the development, prevention, and correction of irregularities of the teeth, bite, and jaw, a branch of dentistry dealing with irregularities of the teeth (such as malocclusion) and their correction (as by braces), division of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregularities of the teeth—generally entailing the straightening of crooked teeth or the correcting of a poor bite, or malocclusion (physiologically unacceptable contact of opposing dentition, which may be caused by imperfect development, loss of teeth, or abnormal growth of jaws), partie de la médecine dentaire consacrée à la prévention et au traitement des malpositions des dents