Prosthodontics, also known as dental prosthetics or prosthetic dentistry, is a dental specialty that focuses on dental prostheses. It involves the diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation, and maintenance of oral function, comfort, appearance, and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or deficient teeth or oral and maxillofacial tissues using biocompatible substitutes.

A prosthodontist is a dentist who specializes in the aesthetic restoration and replacement of teeth. They receive three to four years of additional training after dental school. This training includes rigorous clinical and didactic preparation in the basic sciences, head and neck anatomy, biomedical sciences, biomaterial sciences, implant surgery, function of occlusion (bite), TMJ, and treatment planning.