édentements multiples

English translation: partial edentulism

04:39 Jun 23, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry
French term or phrase: édentements multiples
The term is very specific to this field of expertise, so please take this fact into consideration.

Context:
[...] comme un defaut d’ancrage en cas d’edentements multiples, ou encore une compensation alveolaire limitee [...]

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Maria Stella Tupynambá
Brazil
Local time: 08:22
English translation:partial edentulism
Explanation:
i.e. multiple gaps due to missing teeth
See https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https...
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dwt2
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:22
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4partial edentulism
dwt2
4multiple missing teeth
Charles Davis


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edentements multiples
partial edentulism


Explanation:
i.e. multiple gaps due to missing teeth
See https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https...

dwt2
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edentements multiples
multiple missing teeth


Explanation:
The problem I see with "partial edentulism", which is certainly an authentic expression in orthodontics, is that it can denote a single missing tooth, though it often denotes more. In other words, it is not a perfect match for "multiples".

I suggest the straightforwardly accurate "multiple missing teeth", which, though less technical-sounding. is actually perfectly common in the professional literature: 59 PubMed results compared with 216 for "partial edentulism":
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term="multiple missing t...

"A 56-year-old female patient (JN) presented with a severe Class II division 1 mutilated malocclusion with multiple missing teeth"
British Dental Journal 201, 753 - 764 (2006)
http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v201/n12/full/4814349a.htm...

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: English
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