Examples of fluoride in a Sentence
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When applied to teeth, fluoride strengthens enamel and prevents cavities that can form after eating sugar and other refined carbohydrates.
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Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 Mar. 2024
Spitting instead of rinsing toothpaste gives fluoride more time to assist with the remineralization process—especially since tooth enamel cannot grow back once it is completely destroyed.
—Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
On the packaging, this could look like sodium fluoride, stannous fluoride, or sodium monofluorophosphate.
—Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 Mar. 2024
Pediatric dentists have both specialty training as well as offices that are generally outfitted to appeal to kids, complete with video games, TVs, kid-friendly (read better tasting!) fluorides and often, stickers or small toys for after the visit.
Inform your dentist about your child’s anxieties.
—Bevone Ritchie, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
The effluent, reported by the company in 2019 to have detectable levels of aluminum, nickel, antimony and fluoride, was approved for discharge into an unnamed tributary of the Ohio River.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 23 Jan. 2024
Keep the below in mind as well: Active Ingredients: The ADA and AAPD recommend using a toothpaste with fluoride as an active ingredient.31 On the packaging, this could look like sodium fluoride, stannous fluoride, or sodium monofluorophosphate.
—Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 Mar. 2024
Instead of bottled water, give them tap water, which should contain fluoride to help stave off dental decay.
—Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
Gerth 2023 column:Some Kentucky lawmakers want fluoride removed from tap water.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 Mar. 2024
Spitting instead of rinsing toothpaste gives fluoride more time to assist with the remineralization process—especially since tooth enamel cannot grow back once it is completely destroyed.
—Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
On the packaging, this could look like sodium fluoride, stannous fluoride, or sodium monofluorophosphate.
—Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 Mar. 2024
Pediatric dentists have both specialty training as well as offices that are generally outfitted to appeal to kids, complete with video games, TVs, kid-friendly (read better tasting!) fluorides and often, stickers or small toys for after the visit.
Inform your dentist about your child’s anxieties.
—Bevone Ritchie, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
The effluent, reported by the company in 2019 to have detectable levels of aluminum, nickel, antimony and fluoride, was approved for discharge into an unnamed tributary of the Ohio River.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 23 Jan. 2024
Keep the below in mind as well: Active Ingredients: The ADA and AAPD recommend using a toothpaste with fluoride as an active ingredient.31 On the packaging, this could look like sodium fluoride, stannous fluoride, or sodium monofluorophosphate.
—Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 Mar. 2024
Instead of bottled water, give them tap water, which should contain fluoride to help stave off dental decay.
—Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
Gerth 2023 column:Some Kentucky lawmakers want fluoride removed from tap water.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
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“Fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluoride. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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fluoride
noun
flu·o·ride
ˈflu̇(-ə)r-ˌīd 
1
: a compound of fluorine with a more electropositive element or radical
2
: the monovalent anion of fluorine
fluoride
adjective
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