fluoride treatment

What is fluoride treatment?

Fluoride is used widely to prevent dental caries (holes in teeth). There are various method of fluoride application for teeth benefits which have shown to reduce caries by 20-50%. Although community fluoridated water and fluoride toothpaste rank first as public health measures, many of us in the Goulburn Valley still don’t have access to community water and hence lack the advantage of fluoridated water.

Review of epidemiological data for Australia indicates that the twice-daily use of toothpaste containing fluoride will prevent new caries development in approximately 60-70% of adults.In spite of these measures, those children and adults who show development or one of more new carious lesions or cervical white spots on their teeth need additional methods of application of fluoride.