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Uncommon card · Science
Dental braces, an Uncommon card
Dental braces are devices used in orthodontics that align and straighten teeth and help position them with regard to a person's bite, while also aiming to improve dental health.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 85,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Dental braces quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dental braces card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Braces can be either cosmetic or ______.
Answer
structural. Braces can be either cosmetic or structural. From the Dental braces article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Maurice Merleau-Ponty 77 · Julia set 73 · Dental braces 70 · Ice giant 65 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- They are often used to correct underbites, as well as malocclusions, overbites, open bites, gaps, deep bites, cross bites, crooked teeth, and various other flaws of the teeth and jaw.
- Braces can be either cosmetic or structural.
- Dental braces are often used in conjunction with other orthodontic appliances to help widen the palate or jaws and to otherwise assist in shaping the teeth and jaws.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dental braces article was read about 85,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Dental braces
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dental braces (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : MAKY.OREL, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
