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to remineralize

to remineralize

1 7.4
To add minerals back to teeth, bones, or soil
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈmɪnəraɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : remineralizar
  • Research shows that fluoride treatments can effectively remineralize teeth by enhancing the uptake of calcium and phosphate.
  • remineralize the teeth

Examples

  • In laymen's terms, what is meant by remineralizing, because I'm sure you don't mean using big ag-type chemicals?

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  • Using a special toothpaste can help remineralize teeth that have lost essential minerals due to decay.

  • I use this homemade remineralizing toothpaste recipe from Keeper of the Home.

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  • The toothpaste is designed not to be abrasive and to provide the minerals so that teeth can remineralize from the outside once the body has the proper nutrients inside.

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  • However, beyond the toothpaste, the best way to remineralize teeth is to provide the saliva with the proper minerals by eating a diet full of healthy minerals.

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  • I personally use a toothpaste called Doctor Collins Restore, which remineralizes teeth with natural tooth minerals and kills germs by lowering the mouth pH level.

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  • I've been making my own remineralizing toothpaste for a while (just posted on this recently) and using that in conjunction with a D/A/K2 regimen similar to what Mark recommended.

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  • However, it is generally believed that most of the discards usually decompose and become remineralized into nitrogen and other nutrients (Cushing, 1981; Sheridan et al., 1984).

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  • Deep ocean processes remineralize organic carbon, such that ocean upwelling zones where the water warms at the surface (such as the world's largest upwelling zone, the equatorial upwelling zone) are areas where CO2 is released.

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  • Milk and cheese can provide the necessary nutrients to remineralize your teeth and strengthen them.

Synonyms

to mineralize
vsto remineralize
  • Specialized
7.4

To become hard as minerals collect inside things like bones

restores lost minerals to something rather than creating mineral matter

Surface Forms

remineralize infinitive
remineralized past participle
remineralizing present participle
remineralizes third person singular

Morphology

remineralize = mineralize (transparent) = re + mineral + ize

The meaning is straightforwardly 'mineralize again' or 'restore mineral content', which is a standard and predictable use of the prefix 're-'.

Etymology

Remineralize comes from re- meaning 'again' and mineral meaning 'a natural substance found in rocks and food', so it literally means 'to add minerals again', which is why dentists talk about remineralizing tooth enamel and farmers talk about remineralizing soil.