periodontal

1. 1.

   of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics

   “periodontal disease”

   Synonymsperiodontic

Questions about periodontal

What does periodontal mean?

periodontal means "of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics".

How many syllables are in periodontal?

periodontal has 5 syllables: per-i-o-don-tal. The stress falls on "don". In IPA it is /ˌpɛɹiəˈdɑntəl/.

What is another word for periodontal?

Close synonyms include periodontic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is periodontal a common word?

periodontal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.