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I'd rather keep my IQ points than have a decent smile.

• foxyv 2y ago
  > How Poor Oral Hygiene Could Affect Your Child’s IQ? https://www.ba-dentist.com/how-poor-oral-hygiene-could-affect-your-childs-iq/#:~:text=The%20Connection%20Between%20Oral%20Health%20and%20IQ%20In%20Children,-A%20recent%20study&text=The%20researchers%20believe%20that%20this,scores%20and%20poorer%20academic%20performance https://www.ba-dentist.com/how-poor-oral-hygiene-could-affec....
  • copperx 2y ago
    That's nice, but fluoride does not improve oral health; it just replaces calcium .
    • cma 2y ago
      Isn't that like saying steel armor doesn't improve ship battle resilience, it just replaces wood? There are multiple aspects of oral health that it might not help, but it can e.g. help prevent cavities and infections from them.
    • deleted 2y ago
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    • foxyv 2y ago
      It replaces hydroxide ions between phosphates in the calcium hydroxyapatite crystal structure of the enamel. This reduces the loss of calcium due to the mild solubility of the mineral and neutralization reaction of the hydroxide with acids. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7339990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7339990/