WATERFLUORIDATION

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Last week I wrote about the importance of Fluoride to prevent tooth decay.
Besides toothpaste; another source of Fluoride is our drinking water. And with this article I want to bring your  attention to why  this useful mineral is added to our drinking water.

Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of fluoride to a public water supply to reduce tooth decay. Fluoridated water contains fluoride at a level that is effective for preventing cavities; this can occur naturally or by adding fluoride. Fluoridated water operates on tooth surfaces: in the mouth, it creates low levels of fluoride in saliva, which reduces the rate at which tooth enamel demineralizes and increases the rate at which it remineralizes in the early stages of cavities. Typically a fluoridated compound is added to drinking water.
The recommended level of Fluoride in drinking water ranges from 0.5-1.5mg/L (milligrams per Litre). This is in accordance with guidelines from World Health Organization.
Bottled water typically has unknown Fluoride levels.

ADVANTAGES

•  Water fluoridation reduces cavities in children, 
•   Water fluoridation aims to prevent a chronic disease whose burdens particularly fall on   children and the poor,
•  Water fluoridation slows the progression of tooth decay,
•  Water fluoridation bridge can inequalities in dental health and dental care

CONCLUSION

Dental caries is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions worldwide.
The goal of water fluoridation is to prevent tooth decay by adjusting the concentration of fluoride in public water supplies.





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FLOURIDE

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What is fluoride?

Fluoride is a natural mineral found throughout the earth's crust and widely distributed in nature. Some foods and water supplies contain fluoride.
Fluoride is also added to toothpaste, mouthwash and drinking water. And it is the actual ingredient that helps to strengthen tooth enamel. Fluoride helps prevent tooth decay by making the teeth more resistant to acid attacks from plaque bacteria and sugars in the mouth. 

How does fluoride strengthen the teeth?

When it reaches your teeth, fluoride is absorbed into the enamel. It helps to repair the enamel by replenishing the lost calcium and phosphorous to keep your teeth hard.

How does fluoride work?

Fluoride helps prevent cavities in two different ways:

• Fluoride concentrates in the growing bones and developing teeth of children, helping to harden the enamel on baby and adult teeth before they emerge
• Fluoride helps to harden the enamel on adult teeth that have already emerged

Fluoride works during the demineralization and remineralization processes that naturally occur in your mouth.

• After you eat, your saliva contains acids that cause demineralization a dissolving of the calcium and phosphorous under the tooth's surface
• At other times when your saliva is less acidic it does just the opposite, replenishing the calcium and phosphorous that keep your teeth hard. This process is caused remineralization. When fluoride is present during remineralization, the minerals deposited are harder than they would otherwise be, helping to strengthen your teeth and prevent dissolution during the next demineralization phase.
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