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preventive /pre·ven·tive/ (pre-vent´iv) prophylactic.

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pre·ven·tive (pr-vntv) or pre·ven·ta·tive (-t-tv)

adj.

Preventing or slowing the course of an illness or disease; prophylactic.

n.

A preventive agent or treatment.

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preventive,

adj avoiding occurrence.

preventive dentistry,

n the procedures in dental practice and health programs that prevent the occurrence of oral diseases.

preventive maintenance,

n a manner of avoiding future potential dental diseases or oral problems by practicing good oral hygiene on a regular basis.

preventive medicine,

n the branch of medicine that is concerned with the prevention of disease and methods for increasing the power of the patient and community to resist disease and prolong life.

preventive orthodontic treatment,

n the dental services intended to prevent the development of a malocclusion by maintaining the integrity of an otherwise normally developing dentition. Typical services include dental restorations, temporary prostheses (space maintainers) to replace prematurely lost primary teeth, and removal of primary teeth that fail to shed normally to allow the permanent successors to erupt satisfactorily.

Prevotella

n a genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, nonmotile rods. Organisms of this genus were originally classified as members of the
Bacteroides genus but overwhelming biochemical and chemical findings indicated the need to separate them from other
Bacteroides species; hence, this new genus was established.

P. intermedia

n a bacilli found in gingival crevices that is believed to be responsible for gingivitis, chronic periodontitis, and other infections of the oral cavity.

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preventive

serving to avert the occurrence of; prophylactic.

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veterinary preventive medicine

science aimed at preventing disease in animals. Preventive medicine has been a large part of general practices for many years and is currently expanding the sorts of services that it provides by the inclusion of such items as herd health programs, cytogenetic surveillance, embryo transfer.

veterinary preventive screening

see screening test.

veterinary preventive therapeutics

the positive aspects of repair of nutritional deficiencies; the provision of therapeutic agents as part of a preventive medicine program. Daily administration of small doses of anthelmintics, treatment of the trypanosomiases are examples.