{"id":12,"date":"2023-04-01T08:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T08:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:40:40","slug":"facts-about-fluoride","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About Fluoride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Science Posts from Fluoride Exposed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 69%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fluoride-tooth-graphic-rounded-1024x782.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fluoride-tooth-graphic-rounded-1024x782.png 1024w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fluoride-tooth-graphic-rounded-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fluoride-tooth-graphic-rounded-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fluoride-tooth-graphic-rounded-1536x1173.png 1536w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fluoride-tooth-graphic-rounded.png 1664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">Explore Fluoride &#8211; our space-themed resources on the chemistry of fluoride for cavity prevention<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:24px\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/is-fluoride-good-for-teeth\">Is fluoride good for teeth?&#8221; article<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/dental-brochures\">Free infographic, social media graphics, and dental pamphlets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/did-you-know-about-phosphate-rock\" aria-label=\"Did you know about phosphate rock?\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-F-from-phosphate-rock-to-use-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-F-from-phosphate-rock-to-use-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-F-from-phosphate-rock-to-use-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-F-from-phosphate-rock-to-use-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-F-from-phosphate-rock-to-use.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/did-you-know-about-phosphate-rock\">Did you know about phosphate rock?<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Did you know? Fluoride comes from phosphate rock. The fluoride we use to fight cavities &#8211; with water, toothpaste, and fluoride from the dentist &#8211; comes from phosphate rock in a few different regions in the U.S. This phophate rock outcrop is in the Phosphoria Formation, a geological formation covering 140,000 square miles over parts &#8230; <a title=\"Did you know about phosphate rock?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/did-you-know-about-phosphate-rock\" aria-label=\"Read more about Did you know about phosphate rock?\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/a-salty-fluoride-fact-friday\" aria-label=\"A salty Fluoride Fact Friday\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FLD5A01-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FLD5A01-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FLD5A01-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FLD5A01-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FLD5A01.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/a-salty-fluoride-fact-friday\">A salty Fluoride Fact Friday<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This Fluoride Fact Friday is going to be salty! Fluoride is an anion similar to chloride and iodide. They are all negatively charged atoms that form useful salts with positively charged sodium. Sodium chloride is the primary salt in table salt, sea salt, and pink Himalayan salt. Sodium iodide is added to iodized salt to &#8230; <a title=\"A salty Fluoride Fact Friday\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/a-salty-fluoride-fact-friday\" aria-label=\"Read more about A salty Fluoride Fact Friday\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/great-science-quotes\" aria-label=\"Great science quotes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SCIENCE-QUOTE-Lise-Meitner-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SCIENCE-QUOTE-Lise-Meitner-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SCIENCE-QUOTE-Lise-Meitner-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SCIENCE-QUOTE-Lise-Meitner-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SCIENCE-QUOTE-Lise-Meitner.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/great-science-quotes\">Great science quotes<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">&#8220;Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity.&#8221; Lise Meitner Science teaches us about ourselves. Read more about this famous physicist at brainpickings.org: https:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/2016\/10\/27\/lise-meitner &#8212; they explore &#8220;How Pioneering Physicist Lise Meitner Discovered Nuclear Fission, Paved the Way for Women in Science, and Was Denied the Nobel Prize&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t let anyone rob you of &#8230; <a title=\"Great science quotes\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/great-science-quotes\" aria-label=\"Read more about Great science quotes\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/did-you-know\" aria-label=\"Did you know?\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-China-coal-stoves-to-use-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-China-coal-stoves-to-use-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-China-coal-stoves-to-use-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-China-coal-stoves-to-use-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-you-know-China-coal-stoves-to-use.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/did-you-know\">Did you know?<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Did you know? Nearly 2 million people in rural China have skeletal fluorosis from burning coal. Millions of people in rural China cook inside their homes over open stoves using coal that exposes them to all kinds of pollutants, as well as far too much fluoride. Regions such as Shaanxi province, Guizhou, and Eastern Yunnan &#8230; <a title=\"Did you know?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/did-you-know\" aria-label=\"Read more about Did you know?\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/seals-nature-and-truth\" aria-label=\"Seals, nature, and truth\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-You-Know-ADA-Seal-to-use-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-You-Know-ADA-Seal-to-use-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-You-Know-ADA-Seal-to-use-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-You-Know-ADA-Seal-to-use-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Did-You-Know-ADA-Seal-to-use.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/seals-nature-and-truth\">Seals, nature, and truth<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Did you know? Fluoridation has the ADA seal of approval. Community water fluoridation is recommended by the American Dental Association, the largest scientific body for dentists in the U.S. and the same dentists who evaluate whether fluoride toothpastes and mouthwashes meet scientific criteria for the Seal of Acceptance program. That is some important smile science &#8230; <a title=\"Seals, nature, and truth\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/seals-nature-and-truth\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seals, nature, and truth\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Posts from Fluoride Exposed Explore Fluoride &#8211; our space-themed resources on the chemistry of fluoride for cavity prevention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Facts About Fluoride - Fluoride Exposed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facts About Fluoride - Fluoride Exposed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Science Posts from Fluoride Exposed Explore Fluoride &#8211; 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