stannous
- a of or relating to or containing tin
- A technician spends three to five minutes air-drying his teeth and applying a 10% stannous fluoride solution.
- As a substitute, considerable benefit can come from having a dentist paint children's teeth with stannous fluoride every three years.
- Finn Brudevold of Harvard's famed Forsyth Dental Center is concerned that the tin in the stannous fluoride solution commonly used for painting may interfere with the absorption .