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Periodontics

Definition: Periodontics

Periodontics

Noun

1. The branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Periodontics

DomainDefinitions

Health

A dental specialty concerned with the histology, physiology, and pathology of the tissues that support, attach, and surround the teeth, and of the treatment and prevention of disease affecting these tissues. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Periodontics

Synonym: periodontia (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Periodontics

English words defined with "periodontics": periodontal, periodontic. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Periodontics

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Books

  • Comprehensive Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist (reference)

  • Ultrasonic Therapy in Periodontics (Photocopy Ed) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • International Journal Of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistr (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Periodontics

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  periodontics

83

  academy american periodontics

5

  aesthetic dentistry periodontics practical

2
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Modern Translations: Periodontics

Language Translations for "periodontics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

parodontologie (peridontology). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

periodontologie (peridontology), parodontologie (peridontology). (various references)

   

French

  

parodontologie (peridontology). (various references)

   

German

  

Parodontologie (peridontology). (various references)

   

Italian

  

periodonzia (peridontology). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eriodonticspay

   

Portuguese

  

parodontologia (peridontology). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

пародонтология. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

parodontología (peridontology). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

parodontologi (periodontology). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Periodontics

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t"

-1 letter: description, predictions.

-2 letters: depictions, deposition, desorption, directions, discretion, isentropic, isoprenoid, neotropics, perditions, positioned, prediction, reposition.

-3 letters: centroids, coeditors, consorted, conspired, cortisone, creodonts, depiction, depictors, depositor, direction, disorient, doctrines, dripstone, droopiest, inceptors, incorpsed, indicters, indictors, inotropic, inspector, isotropic, pecorinos, perdition, peridotic, porticoes, portioned, precision, reindicts, retinoids, sporicide, stonecrop, tripodies.

-4 letters: centroid, citrines, coeditor, cointers, coitions.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: preconditions.

 

+4 letters: premodifications, radioprotections.

 

+5 letters: bacteriorhodopsin, electrodepositing, electrodeposition.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Periodontics


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100 01101111 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064 006F 006E 0074 0069 0063 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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