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Which dental specialty replaces missing teeth with artificial teeth or other prostheses?

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Dentistry — dentistry The practice of dentistry involves preventing, diagnosing, and treating oral disease, as well as correcting deformities of the jaws, teeth, and oral cavity.

The dental specialty concerned with the replacement of missing teeth and contiguous tissues with artificial substitutes, or prostheses, is prosthodontics.12

Prosthodontists are trained to construct and place both fixed and removable appliances to restore oral function, appearance, and comfort. These prostheses may include:12

Removable appliances: Such as complete or partial dentures.12
Fixed appliances: Including crowns, caps, and bridges that are connected to remaining teeth or anchored via dental implants in the alveolar bone.123

Additionally, this specialty encompasses maxillofacial prosthetics, which involves creating appliances to replace portions of the face and jaws lost due to surgery, disease, or congenital disorders.12