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Periodontist vs Periodontitis - What's the difference?

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Periodontist is a related term of periodontitis.


As nouns the difference between periodontist and periodontitis

is that periodontist is a dentist whose speciality is periodontics while periodontitis is (periodontology) any of a number of inflammatory diseases affecting the periodontium—the tissues that surround and support the teeth.

periodontist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dentist whose speciality is periodontics

    • periodontitis

    English

    (wikipedia periodontitis)

    Noun

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  • (periodontology) Any of a number of inflammatory diseases affecting the periodontium—the tissues that surround and support the teeth.

    • Related terms

    * periodontal * periodontics * periodontist * periodontium * periodontology

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