French: stopper la fonte osseuse English translation: stop bone loss 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | stopper la fonte osseuse | | English translation: | stop bone loss | | Entered by: | Alain Pommet |
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Medical - Medical: Dentistry | | French term or phrase: stopper la fonte osseuse | Describing a new technique for treating gum disease.
Cette discipline vise à supprimer les poches parodontales et à ****stopper la fonte osseuse**** afin d’éviter la chute des dents tout en facilitant l’hygiène dentaire.
What I've got so far is 'stopping the wasting away of the bone' - but it definitely doesn't sound right, and is it bone or tooth?
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseAlain Pommet: 10:24am Jan 13, 2007: A thought: - Could it be as simple as 'tooth decay'?
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| | stop bone loss | Explanation:
periodontal diseases cause the bone around the tooth to disappear through infection. This treatment is obviously aimed at reducing paradontal disease and the consequent alveolar bone loss
A form of periodontal disease resulting in inflammation within the supporting tissues of the teeth, progressive attachment and bone loss and is ...
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| Selected response from:
Kate Hudson
Netherlands
| Note from asker to answererThank you very much Kate - that is what I used.
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| stop bone loss
Explanation:
periodontal diseases cause the bone around the tooth to disappear through infection. This treatment is obviously aimed at reducing paradontal disease and the consequent alveolar bone loss
A form of periodontal disease resulting in inflammation within the supporting tissues of the teeth, progressive attachment and bone loss and is ...
www.perio.org/consumer/2a.html
| Kate Hudson
Netherlands
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 12
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thank you very much Kate - that is what I used. |
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