Tooth decay is caused by harmful oral bacteria that feed on sugars and starches and produce enamel eating acids. Although most people believe that sugar eats away at your teeth, it is actually the acids produced by the oral bacteria that dissolve your tooth enamel and then your tooth dentin. What is actually happening is that the acids demineralize your teeth by leaching calcium and phosphate from the enamel and other hard tissue. This is what causes cavities. Your saliva contains these minerals and helps remineralize your tooth enamel. Fluoride also contains phosphate and calcium and remineralizes your teeth, helping to not only strengthen your teeth but reverse the decaying process when it is in its earliest stages.
According to years of research and the ADA, fluoride is both safe and effective. It has been indicated via scientific research that fluoride helps reduce cavities by up to 30 percent.
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