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At the risk of sounding snarky, why does fluoride still work for oral hygiene?
by trentmb 13y ago
At the risk of sounding snarky, why does fluoride still work for oral hygiene?
- Fede_V 13y agoFluoride is not used to kill pathogens, but because it is a substance that is good for your teeth, that a lot of people do not get in sufficient quantity otherwise. Consider it the equivalent of putting vitamin pills in foods, not putting antibiotics in meat.
- zvrba 13y agoBecause it gets embedded into the tooth's enamel. Fluorid-enriched enamel is more resistant to acids produced by bacteria. (i.e. fluoride doesn't affect bacteria, it makes teeth more resistant to byproducts of bacteria's feeding on sugars.)