Essay On Fluoride

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Fluoride is considered to be the gold standard active agent in anti-caries toothpastes (Zero, 2006). However, caries remains ubiquitous, and even in countries where caries incidence is relatively low, unacceptable levels persist. Further, recent reviews have concluded that the decline in caries may be at an end or even in reversal, with levels increasing in some areas.1
There is broad agreement that greater emphasis on preventive oral healthcare and on managing dental caries without further destruction of healthy tooth tissue is needed 2.
There are limitations to what application of fluoride alone can achieve in relation to lesion progression3 and severity of the plaque acid attack, with fluoride becoming ineffective below a pH of about 4.5 (ten Cate et al., 2004), hence the need and opportunity for additional approaches to controlling the disease. …show more content…

This difference of demineralized and remineralized groups is highly significant with P value of 0.00.
In studies conducted by Narayana, Vinoth Kumar Deepa et al Remineralization capacity of calcium sodium phosphosilicate was assessed using high resolution Scanning electron microscopy. They both concluded that calcium sodium phosphosilicate containing tooth paste has the potential to remineralize initial enamel lesions and the latter observed that formation of a bioactive glass is very effective in remineralizing the enamel surface. This shows the similarity between the results of and Narayana, Vinoth Kumar Deepa present

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