Fluoride 🌤️

• What are the main sources of Fluoride

  Seafood, fish, tea
• Deficiency of fluoride

  Weak enamel more chance of tooth decay
• Fluoride

  • We get fluoride from dental products, like mouthwash and toothpaste, as well as some water supplies, seafood and tea.
  • The NHS suggests brushing teeth twice daily with fluoride toothpaste to meet daily requirements.
  • We need fluoride to maintain healthy teeth, as fluoride helps to strengthen teeth, fight off tooth decay and harden enamel.

  
  

  Excess and too little fluoride

  Iodine
• Excess and too little fluoride

  
  

  • Excess fluoride is poisonous and can cause discoloured teeth, cancer as well as problems with bones.
  • Not getting enough fluoride can cause teeth and enamel to weaken, eventually leading to tooth decay.