Fluorine prophylaxis
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
The fluoride prevention objectives complement the insufficient income of fluorine (F) in the enamel of the tooth, increasing its hardness and strength. It is important to begin preventive fluoride from four months of pregnancy the mother should continue during lactation, and then 2-3 years after the breakthrough of the last permanent tooth
Endogenous means the introduction of prophylactic doses of fluoride in the digestive tract. The methods are: fluorinated drinking water (one of the most efficient methods), fluoridated salt, milk, mineral water, through the adoption of fluoride tablets and others. Thus providing optimum fluoride concentration and thus to achieve maximum impact on even the mineralization of hard tooth structure, enamel and dentin. Before breaking the teeth, they can be influenced only by endogenous prevention.
Exogenous: This is an external, local, local application of fluoride preparations. Applied after a breakout teeth. Fluoride prevention is aimed at two main etiologic factors of caries, namely to increase the resistance of solid tooth structure and reduce the effects of destructive factors (microorganisms, plaque and its substrate).
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