dentoperiosteal fiber /den′tōper′ē·os″tē·əl/ [L, dens + Gk, peri, around, osteon bone] , any of the many peridental connective tissue fibers that emerge from the supraalveolar part of the cementum of a tooth and extend apically beyond the alveolar crest into the mucoperiosteum of the attached gingiva.
