Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of dentistry that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the gums.
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- noun dentistry The study of supporting structures of
teeth —gums ,alveolar bone ,cementum , and the periodontal ligament—and diseases and conditions that affect them.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth
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Examples
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Both say in their ads that they can do all kinds of dental procedures -- oral reconstruction, root canals, orthodontics, periodontics, and children's dentistry for Dr. Vargas.
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Ed Swerdlow flew in for the funeral from Dayton, where he practiced periodontics and lived with his dental-assistant second wife and their young children.
Surrender, Dorothy Meg Wolitzer 1999
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Curative: First, application of the principle of systematic care for students and workers; second, expansion of our services in all fields of stomatology -- conservation odontology, orthodontia, prosthesis, periodontics, dental surgery, and facial maxilla (Castro repeats "facial maxilla" several times to himself, questioningly, and provokes laughter -- ed.); improvement and perfection of stomatologists and aide personnel.
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Dr. Charles McCabe, clinical associate professor of periodontics at LSU School of Dentistry, is the new president of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, which licenses and disciplines dentists and dental hygienists.
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Currently, Dawson is the assistant professor of periodontics and associate director of the Delta Dental of Kentucky Clinical Research Center, in the College of Dentistry at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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Dr. Collins joined the faculty in 1998 as an assistant professor of dental hygiene in the SchoolAllied Health Sciences and assistant professor of periodontics in the School of Dentistry.
Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010
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They receive three additional years of specialized training following dental school, and periodontics is one of the nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.
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Dr. Charles McCabe, clinical associate professor of periodontics at LSU School of Dentistry, is the new president of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, which licenses and disciplines dentists and dental hygienists.
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Yiping Han from the department of periodontics in the CWRU School of Dental Medicine led the study, which found several new bacteria originating in the mouth travel through the blood to cause an inflammatory reaction in the placenta and eventually cause a range of health issues from miscarriages to stillbirths.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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Both are board-certified periodontists who have dedicated their professional lives to the practice of periodontics, the organized leadership of the profession, and educating fellow dentists and patients alike on the various aspects of proper periodontal care, including:
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