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Fragles Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

applying fluoride to teeth

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00 I've been looking in several dictionaries how this process is called but no source names it. Neither fluoridation nor fluorination seems to be the right word. Does anybody know what its name is? 02br
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0 Probably, if this is a direct application to the teeth: 02br
01font00A topical application of fluoride to the teeth02font02br
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0500250hrefhttp://www.zip.com.au/~rgammal/FlurideSilverADAJ.htm
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0 I think this is the word you're looking for:02br
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01b00flu·o·ri·dize02b00 01i00transitive verb02i02br
00 Inflected Form(s): 01b00-ed/-ing/-s02b02br
00 Etymology: 01i00fluoride + -ize02i02br
01b00:02b00 to treat (as the teeth) with a 051
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01cite10NewPhilologist12cite10I think this is the word you're looking for:12br
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11b10flu·o·ri·dize12b10 11i10transitive verb12i12br
10 Inflected Form(s): 11b10-ed/-ing/-s12b12br
10 Etymology: 11i10fluoride + -ize12i

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