A 36-year-old member asked:
what are the proven effects of fluoride?
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Dr. Anthony LaBarbera answered
27 years experience Pediatrics
See below: Prevention of cavities.
Answered on Jun 13, 2012
Dr. Jake Richards answered
11 years experience Dentistry
Strengthen enamel: Every meal, most drinks, and snacks create damage via acids or bacterial acids produced by the sugar intake. This causes demineralizatoin and loss of hydroxide from hydroxyapetite weakening the tooth. Fluoride replaces the lost mineral and forms a stronger fluorapetite. Remineralizes. However too much Fluoride during tooth developement can actually cause damage to the teeth.
Answered on Aug 7, 2015
Dr. Gregory LaMorte answered
41 years experience Periodontics
Hardens tooth enamel: Enamel has a crystalline structure. Fluoride gets incorporated in and on the enamel to make it harder and less likely to soften when exposed to acid producing bacteria.
Answered on Feb 9, 2017
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Dr. Leonard Pizzolatto answered
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Less cavities: Lower chance of tooth decay.
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Susan Uhrich answered
35 years experience Psychiatry
In a word,: No. The potential side effects of Fluoride and lithium are very different. The only similarity is that both must be ingested to cause side effects.
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Vance Harris answered
36 years experience Family Medicine
Fluoride: Fluoride is usually found naturally in low concentration in drinking water and foods. The concentration in seawater averages 1.3 parts per million (pp ... Read More
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. J. Blake Perkins answered
20 years experience Dentistry
No: Fluoride in the dosage one would normally receive through toothpaste, tap water and other environmental sources has few potential side effects, none o ... Read More
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