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 ...

Treatment for tooth sensitivity varies based on severity and cause. For mild cases, desensitizing toothpaste and topical ...

Topical fluoride may effectively reduce radiation caries in patients undergoing head and neck radiotherapy, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis recently published in the Journal of ...

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 ...

There is one fly in the toothpaste, as it were. There remains good evidence that fluoride has a beneficial effect on the development of caries in teeth yet to have “erupted” and that have not been ...

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 ...

Fluoride has long been used as a dental health tool as a means of preventing cavities and fighting tooth decay — but now a new meta-analysis suggests it could have “detrimental effects” on the health ...