{"id":519,"date":"2025-08-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/?p=519"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:13:31","slug":"did-you-know-these-facts-about-fluoride-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fluorideexposed.org\/facts\/did-you-know-these-facts-about-fluoride-2","title":{"rendered":"Did you know these facts about fluoride?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you know? The benefits of fluoride include less severe cavities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did you know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fluoridated water prevents one of every four cavities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over our lifetimes, on average, fluoridated water reduces cavities by 25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fluoridated water = wellness and fitness for teeth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did you know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fluoridation adds just a little fluoride to water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also one of the top ten public health wins of the 20th century. Its a modern miracle<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fluoride is a halogen, like chloride in table salt and iodine we need for thyroid function. Fluoride is not a heavy metal. In\u00a0fact, it is a nonmetal! Check it out in this graphic of the periodic table – F for fluorine\/fluoride is in the nonmetals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Graphic courtesy of Dmarcus100 here: https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Periodic_Table_Of_Elements.svg)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cool chemistry, woohoo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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