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It is Fluoride Fact Friday! Today, let’s first talk chemisty, elements, and atoms!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fluoride is a monatomic anion. That means it is one atom with an extra electron and a negative charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another fact for this Friday …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By keeping tooth enamel strong, solid and resistant to acid, fluoride stops cavities from forming and can even rebuild the tooth\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The World Health Organization says “To prevent tooth decay: Use toothpaste which contains fluoride and brush your teeth at least twice a day.”

The World Health Organization – the international public health agency of the United Nations – created this inset social media graphic to say that people all around the world should brush their teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about WHO’s expert opinion on the role of fluoride in preventing cavities here:\u00a0bit.ly\/33F4eDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this Friday, we’ve also got a favorite science quote to share:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Contemplation of the great human achievements through the ages is helpful to me in moments of despair and doubt. Human meanness and folly then seem less important.” Gerty Cori<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fluoride preventing cavities is one of those achievements!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Gerty Cori and her historic Nobel Prize-winning achievements in research on glucose metabolism and sugar storage in our muscles and processing in our livers, read up at nobelprize.org: https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/medicine\/1947\/cori-gt\/biographical\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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