Definition of "periodontics" []

• The branch of dentistry that deals with the study and treatment of periodontal disease. (noun)

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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."
• "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."
• "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."