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preventive adjective alert, antidotal, antiseptic, arresting, aseptic, averting, blocking, careful, cautious, counteractant, counteracting, defensive, deterrent, disinfectant, forestalling, germicidal, guarded, guarding, hindering, hygienic, impedimental, impeding, impeditive, inhibitive, inhibitory, interfering, judicious, obstructive, opposing, precautionary, preclusive, preservative, preventative, prohibitive, prophylactic, protective, provident, regardful, resistive, restrictive, retardant, safeguarding, shielding, warding off, watchful See also: barrier, prohibitive, prophylactic, protective, restrictive, salutary How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The notion that systemic fluorides are needed in nonfluoridated areas is an outdated one that should be abandoned altogether," says Canada's leading fluoride authority, Hardy Limeback, head of the Department of Preventive Dentistry at the University of Toronto and past president of the Canadian Association for Dental Research. It stands to reason, then, says Carole Palmer, assistant professor of nutrition and preventive dentistry at Tufts University in Boston, that nursing three moderately sugary cups of a favorite beverage is significantly more perilous to oral health than knocking back a single super-sweet cup. Like EPA, the Chicago-based American Dental Association sees dental fluorosis as "a cosmetic problem, not a health problem," according to Lisa Watson, ADA's director for fluoridation and preventive dentistry. |
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