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fluoridization|ˌfluːərɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. fluoride + -ization.]
a. = fluoridation 2 a.
1939Jrnl. Amer. Water Wks. Assoc. XXXI. 1929 Every use of water must be examined as well as current water treatment practices before fluoridization can be begun. 1947Amer. Jrnl. Public Health XXXVII. 1156 Fluoridization of community water supplies. 1949Bull. Amer. Assoc. Public Health Dentists Aug. 12/2 Investigators are agreed that the term ‘fluorination’ of water supplies is incorrect and that the proper term is ‘fluoridization’. 1966Listener 6 Oct. 499/3 The evidence upon which the Ministry of Health recommends the fluoridization of drinking water.
b. (See quot. 1963.)
1951Sci. News Let. 19 May 310/3 Fluoridation for the water supply, fluoridization for the treatment procedure when the dentist puts a fluoride on the children's teeth. 1951Jrnl. Dental Res. XXX. 181 In cases of rampant caries, fluoridization of the teeth would simply provide a delaying action. 1963C. O. Boucher Current Clinical Dental Terminol. 151/2 Fluoridization, the topical application of a solution of a fluoride to teeth.
Hence ˈfluoridize v. trans.; ˈfluoridized ppl. a.
1951Sci. News Let. 19 May 310/3 Your town may fluoridate your drinking water, but your dentist will fluoridize your children's teeth. 1951Jrnl. Dental Res. XXX. 178 The normal enamel contained 126·5 ppm. F, while the fluoridized enamel contained 1,434·6 ppm F. Ibid. 251 They found increasingly more low lactobacillus counts among children from the city with artifically fluoridized water. 1952Public Health Rep. (U.S.) Jan. 39/1 It is not necessary to continue the use of fluoridized water after the enamel has been calcified. |