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2. Fluoride therapy - Wikipedia

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   Fluoride therapy is the use of fluoride for medical purposes. [2] Fluoride supplements are recommended to prevent tooth decay in children older than six months in areas where the drinking water is low in fluoride. [3] It is typically used as a liquid, pill, or paste by mouth. [4] Fluoride has also been used to treat a number of bone diseases. [5]

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

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   Fluoride is a mainstay of dental care, whether it's delivered in a treatment at your dentist's office or in your toothpaste. But fluoride has become the focus of several conspiracy theories ...

4. Water fluoridation in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Dr. Dean's research on the fluoride-dental caries relationship, published in 1942, included 7,000 children from 21 cities in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The study concluded that the optimal amount of fluoride which minimized the risk of severe fluorosis but had positive benefits for tooth decay was 1 mg per day, per adult.

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. Fluoride in Drinking Water Is Actually Quite Safe — Here’s ...

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   “Public water fluoridation is seen as one of the leading public health measures, saving millions of dollars in dental care and decay and pain in people of all ages,” says Mark S. Wolff, D.D.S ...