Question: What is the difference between prosthetics and orthotics?

Dominic Eggbeer answered on 11 Mar 2016:

The technical definition of a prosthetic is the addition/ application/attachment of an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trauma, disease, or congenital conditions. Orthotics (to straighten or align) is a specialty within the medical field concerned with the design, manufacture and application of orthoses.