Prosthetics are basically artificial "replacements" for a body part. Dentures are a prosthetic for someone who lost all his or her teeth. It helps the person be able to chew (masticate) food and prepare it for the digestive system. Dentures also improve self-esteem and a person's appearance.
Other common prosthetics are ones for below the knee or above the knee amputations, or loss of a hand or arm (above or below the elbow. These allow people to independently dress (hands) or to carry a child (arms) or to walk (legs).
As well, hearing aids could loosely be thought of as a prosthetic-enhancement for hearing. When a person can't hear, it can create a fearful and isolated existance, but hearing aids returns a person to an almost normal state.
Prostheses are mechanical devices used to replace missing body parts. People usually think of prosthetics as artificial limbs. However, hearing aids and dentures are also considered to be prosthetics.
Prosthetist.
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in the old star wars movies, before they had the technology that they have today they used prosthetics to make the creatures in the movie
what does biotechnology have to with prosthetics?
Tissue engineering
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The first prosthetics used in film can be traced back to the silent film era, with notable examples appearing in the 1910s. One of the earliest instances is in the 1916 film "The Phantom of the Opera," where makeup and prosthetics were employed to create the character of the Phantom. Over the decades, the use of prosthetics became more sophisticated, significantly enhancing the visual storytelling in horror and fantasy genres.
P&O - Prosthetics and Orthotics
No, prosthetics are not part of artificial intelligence. A handicapped individual who uses a prosthetic still has only his or her own intelligence, derived from his or her own brain. Prosthetics can help with movement or with communication, but they do not make people more intelligent. If a prosthetic device is ever invented that can increase a person's intelligence, that would be a very revolutionary invention indeed. So far I know of no research likely to produce such a device.
tissue engineering
I would love to work a job making prosthetics. What degree do I need? And what school in florida?Also any info on prosthetics would be great!