A compound of the element fluorine forms fluoride, it can be found through nature in water, soil, and air. Toothpaste is a product that contain high abundant of fluoride. As what I’ve found out in the internet so far, fluoride helps to prevent and control tooth decay, cavities, and strengthen our teeth. Fluoride helps to prevent tooth decay in many ways:
- Fluoride restrain the formation of tooth demineralization, which is also called tooth decay.
- Fluoride improves tooth remineralization which is the reformation of tooth mineral by attracting other minerals such as calcium.
Another important party in remineralization is our saliva, our saliva secreted from salivary glands contains small amount of fluoride, but it is not enough to restrain the unbeneficial activity in our mouth.
- Fluoride toothpaste is a good aide for saliva which can raise the abundant of fluoride present in our saliva.
- Fluoride also reduces the growth rate of the bacteria in our mouth by inhibiting the bacteria to create sugar.
Other than that, tap water contains fluoride too, we can raise the concentration of fluoride in our saliva by drinking tap water that fluoridated, to prevent cavities and tooth decay. The tap water must be filtered, of course.
The minerals created through remineralization are hard compounds, what I mean here is that the compound is hard and more resistant to tooth decay, therefore, a even more resistant tooth surface was created after remineralization.
The damage that dental fluorosis causes to the internal matrix of the teeth is permanent. There is no way to reverse this damage!!!
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