Is fluoride good for your teeth by Stompie Smith

We all have heard about fluoride, about how good it is for our teeth. However, most of us don't know what actually it does. Fluoride, mixes with the tooth enamel (the hard coating of teeth) while the teeth are growing. And this prevents from tooth decay. The Fluoride protects our teeth from plaque and sugars, by mixing with the saliva in our mouth. So of course it's good for our teeth! Here are some more benefits we get from fluoride:

Fluoride helps to heal cavities:

The tooth, affected by acid and cavity can be re-mineralized by the help of using toothpastes and mouthwashes, which contain fluoride. Once healed, they tend to stay this way, unless more sugar helps to start the cavity again. The healed tooth structure will remain discolored but the interruption of sugar exposures on your teeth again and the continuation of applying fluoride would help to make the decay inactive.

Increases tooth resistance to acid attacks:

Any teeth, which are treated with fluoride, get a free resistance to acid attacks, because they get a surface of molecular layer of fluoride appetite, which helps in increasing the resistance.

Helps fight the germs in plaque:

The germs in plaque are the main evil, which turns the sugar you eat into acid. Fluoride fights that, and this effect stays for quite a long time even after brushing, which is known as subsidence. And this keeps the activity of the germs in the mouth lower, than it would be if not treated with fluoride.

Fluoride speeds up the formation of adult erupted teeth:

When our adult teeth are first erupted in our mouth, they contain very large nerves inside. And these nerves make more tooth structure as we get older, in its own space. This creates an effect on strengthening the tooth as they contain harder, mineralized material as they mature, and fluoride makes this process quicker!

Effects on the shape of children's teeth:

At the top of the back teeth, fluoride helps in reduction of the grooves. This is most common and early area where the decay develops. And the reduction of the grooves on top of those teeth, which is done by the fluoride, reduces the chances and ability of the acid to get through the enamel and into the soft dentin below.

Everything has a limit:

Like it's said, everything has a limit, and so does the usage of fluoride. We know it's a habit of the kids to swallow the toothpaste, because it tastes like candies, not their fault. And scientists have figured out these causes white and yellow spots on the teeth, and this extra amount of fluoride swallowed by the children is deposited and causes fluorosis in developing adult teeth.

Fluoride containing toothpastes, mouth washes, and city tap waters, have been seen to reduce the inhabitants rate of tooth decay within 40-70%. So yes Fluoride is a great thing for our teeth!

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