How Fluoride Protects Your Teeth

Direct contact between fluoride and teeth strengthens and helps remineralize damaged enamel.

Science How Fluoride Protects Your Teeth While increasing the concentration of systemic fluoride (e.g., through fluoridating drinking water) has not been proven to reduce the incidence of tooth decay, direct contact between fluoride and teeth strengthens and helps remineralize damaged enamel. READ NOW Advertisement READ THESE Who Invented the Paper Hole Punch? Can Listerine Work as a Mosquito Repellent? Can Barbecued Food Give You Cancer? You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Today I Learned newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here A Dotdash Brand 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2018 Dotdash - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.