A young female attends the dentist complaining of dental erosion. Her concerns were that the edges of her front teeth appear translucent and have started chipping. She is not complaining of pain or ...

As a biologic and naturopathic dentist with more than 20 years of experience, the difference between fluoride applied topically to teeth versus systemic water fluoridation is substantial. Topical ...

Primary care clinicians may face barriers to using a topical fluoride varnish (TFV), including time constraints and the assumption that dentists are already administering it, according to a study ...

Semiannual topical application of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) or sodium fluoride was no more effective than a placebo in preventing children from developing approximal caries. The 18-month clinical ...

People at high risk for caries can safely protect their teeth by applying their own gels, pastes, and rinses with prescription-level concentrations of fluoride, the American Dental Association (ADA) ...

In 1886 Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moisson isolated a mineral element called fluorine and was rewarded with the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1906, according to webelements.com. While fluorine is fairly ...