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2. These Dentist-Approved Mouthwashes Will Zap Bad Breath and ...

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   As the name implies, fluoride mouthwash usually contains sodium fluoride, a naturally occurring ingredient that helps strengthen your teeth. It does this by rebuilding enamel (a.k.a. the surface ...

3. There's a lot of misinformation about fluoride. Here's what ...

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   Fluoride is known as "nature's cavity fighter," according to the ADA, and it's often added to dental products, including toothpaste, to protect teeth from cavities. What does fluoride do?

4. Oral hygiene - Wikipedia

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   A 1930s poster from the Work Projects Administration promoting oral hygiene. Tooth decay is the most common global disease. [14] Over 80% of cavities occur inside fissures in teeth where brushing cannot reach food left trapped after eating and saliva and fluoride have no access to neutralize acid and remineralize demineralized teeth, unlike easy-to-clean parts of the tooth, where fewer ...

5. Topical fluoride - Wikipedia

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   Topical fluorides are fluoride-containing drugs indicated in prevention and treatment of dental caries, particularly in children's primary dentitions. [1] The dental-protecting property of topical fluoride can be attributed to multiple mechanisms of action, including the promotion of remineralization of decalcified enamel, the inhibition of the cariogenic microbial metabolism in dental plaque ...

6. Fluoride therapy - Wikipedia

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   [4] [5] Fluoride decreases breakdown of teeth by acids, promotes remineralisation, and decreases the activity of bacteria. [5] Fluoride works primarily through direct contact with teeth. [3] [5] Fluoride came into use to prevent tooth decay in the 1940s. [6] Fluoride is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [7]

7. Experts battle culture warriors over a 'revolutionary' public ...

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   Applying fluoride directly to the teeth through toothpaste or rinses is important, but Lochary said small amounts circulating in the body are critical for young kids who still have their baby teeth.

8. Tooth decay - Wikipedia

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   Silver diammine fluoride may work better than fluoride varnish to prevent cavities. [130] Systemic fluoride is found as lozenges, tablets, drops and water fluoridation. These are ingested orally to provide fluoride systemically. [125] Water fluoridation has been shown to be beneficial to prevent tooth decay, especially in low social economical ...

9. My dentist told me mouthwash is a ‘scam’ and that I should be ...

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   Shoppers on Amazon generally seem to agree with my dentist that this ACT Anticavity Zero Alcohol Fluoride Mouthwash is far superior to regular mouthwash. It has more than 7,800 ratings and 4.7 out ...