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fluoridate, v.|ˈfluːərɪdeɪt|
[Back-formation from next.]
trans. a. To add traces of a fluoride or other source of fluoride ions to (water, tooth-paste, food, etc.). Also absol. (Cf. fluoridation 2 a.)
1949Bull. Amer. Assoc. Public Health Dentists Aug. 12/1 Many cities throughout the nation..have taken or are taking steps to fluoridate their water supplies. 1951Jrnl. Amer. Water Works Assoc. XLIII. 644/1 Some questions have been raised concerning the advisability of fluoridating a communal water supply because of the objection to so-called medication of water supplies. 1952Public Health Rep. (U.S.) Jan. 41/1 It will take about 14 years after a community starts fluoridating before a two-thirds reduction can be made in the caries attack rate of all children. 1958G. B. Denton Vocab. Dentistry & Oral Sci. iv. 182 An opinion favoring the use of fluoridate was adopted by the Journal of the American Dental Association for its style in 1950, and the publicity given to it was probably largely responsible for establishing the use of that term to supersede fluorinate. 1964Goose & Hartles Princ. Preventive Dentistry vi. 93 Tablets containing about 1 mg of fluoride have been used..as a means of fluoridating the daily water supply at home. 1969Brit. Dental Jrnl. CXXVII. 605/1 There is no evidence of a general unwillingness on the part of water undertakings to fluoridate when asked to do so by the local health authorities.
b. To treat (teeth) with a preparation containing fluoride. (Cf. fluoridation 2 b.)
1963Brit. Dental Jrnl. CXIV. 219 If teeth are fluoridated topically with strong solutions, mostly protective fluorides are formed initially. 1966Helv. Odontol. Acta X. 29 Investigations to study some aspects of the processes occurring at the enamel surface fluoridated topically under various conditions.
Hence ˈfluoridated ppl. a.
1950Amer. Mag. May 46 (heading) They drink away their toothaches: fluoridated water. 1955Science News XXXVIII. 41 The use of fluoridated toothpaste, tooth powders, mouthwashes, pastilles, and even chewing gum, has been canvassed. 1964Goose & Hartles Princ. Preventive Dentistry vi. 94 The effect of the consumption of fluoridated salt on the permanent teeth of children. 1965Helv. Odontol. Acta IX. 148 The effect of the oral environment on the fluoride content of topically fluoridated enamel. |