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Fluoride In Children
I chose to write this current event over the importance of taking care of and maintaining children’s teeth, how fluoride can help keep children’s teeth healthy. And ways to prevent tooth decay, plaque and cavities in young children. I read several different articles and two really stuck out to me. One of them discusses how tooth decay and cavities can prohibit growth in children. And the other gives us some information about fluoride. http://dentistrytoday.com/todays-dental-news/9936-tooth-decay-may-prohibit-growth-in-children http://dentistrytoday.com/todays-dental-news/9933-ada-recommends-earlier-fluoride-distribution-for-children
Parents want to give their young children all of these toothpastes that are candy flavored or have all of these …show more content…
Fluoride is a compound of fluorine. Children usually are not introduced to fluoride until the age of six years old but by that time most children already have cavities caused by tooth decay. By using fluoride toothpastes when infants and toddlers develop their first tooth, we could lessen the chances of our children developing tooth decay and cavities at such an early age.
According to www.pronamel.us ProNamel for kids is anticavity toothpaste specially formulated in collaboration with dentists to strengthen tooth enamel and help protect children’s teeth from acid erosion as well as tooth decay. I chose these articles and this topic because I want to specialize in Pediatrics Dentistry. The articles that I chose to write about and discuss related to Pediatrics Dentistry. Articles like these really stand out to me. I hope that this gives everyone a bit of information on the importance of taking care of our children’s teeth and a few facts about fluoride and how it can help us to prevent our children from having unhealthy teeth at such a young
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