Did you know? The benefits of fluoride include less severe cavities.
The health benefits of fluoride include having fewer cavities, less severe cavities, less need for fillings and removing teeth, and less pain and suffering because of tooth decay.
Did you know?
Fluoridated water prevents one of every four cavities.
Over our lifetimes, on average, fluoridated water reduces cavities by 25%.
Fluoridated water = wellness and fitness for teeth!
Did you know?
Fluoridation adds just a little fluoride to water.
Community water fluoridation is the process of adjusting the amount of fluoride in drinking water to a low level recommended for preventing tooth decay – less than a milligram per liter.
It is also one of the top ten public health wins of the 20th century. Its a modern miracle!
Let’s also address a common misconception about fluoride today. Even if you’re opposed to fluoridation, it is important to know the basic chemistry facts. There is a common misconception that fluoride is a heavy metal. But that’s incorrect.
Fluoride is a halogen, like chloride in table salt and iodine we need for thyroid function. Fluoride is not a heavy metal. In fact, it is a nonmetal! Check it out in this graphic of the periodic table – F for fluorine/fluoride is in the nonmetals.
(Graphic courtesy of Dmarcus100 here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Periodic_Table_Of_Elements.svg)
Cool chemistry, woohoo!