TheraBreath PLUS Toothpaste (Extra Strength)
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TheraBreath PLUS Toothpaste (Extra Strength)
Dental fluorosis is a very common problem in which the hard enamel of dental tissues is formed because of using an unusually high amount of fluoride during odontogenesis. The enamel formed during fluorosis is a weak, hypocalcified, porous and very unaesthetic collection of tissues. Dental fluorosis is irreversible and only occurs with exposure to fluoride when enamel is developing:
- secondary incisor teeth starting to form at 3-6 months old of age,
- molars are developed at six to eight years of age,
- and when wisdom teeth are formed by 12 years of age.
Instead of having a normal creamy-white translucent color, fluorosed enamel is porous and opaque; teeth can resemble a ghastly-white chalk color. Cloudy striated enamel, white specks or blotches, yellowish-brown spots, or brown pits on teeth are all characteristic of fluorosis. In its more severe form, fluorosed enamel is structurally brittle and weak plus it is prone to erosion and breakage, especially when drilled and filled. Even in the milder forms, there is increased enamel attrition. Fluorotic lesions are not just confined to enamel, but can be seen by microscope in dentin as well for the fluoride is a powerful bone and tooth seeking element, it also deposits bone or bone-like material externally on the roots of teeth, and internally in the tooth’s pulp chamber; the calcified material narrows the pulp chamber, and thereby interferes with tooth nutrition. The reigning paradigm in public health and dental circles has been to dismiss the significance of dental fluorosis by labelling it a cosmetic effect.
TheraBreath PLUS Toothpaste (Extra Strength) has all the fluoride necessary to build up a strong enamel and prevent tooth cavities in the future. It has OXYD-8, Zinc Gluconate, CoQ10, Aloe Vera, Xylitol and fluoride to fight chronic signs of halitosis or bad breath.
The minimum requirement in water is 1 to 1.2 parts per million of fluoride in water to be effective as a something that retards formation of dental caries. In areas or communities with excess of this amount say 2-3 ppm when present, and ingested during the formative years of your teeth both baby teeth as well as permanent, then it will result as a discoloration in your teeth. It will effect only those teeth that are being formed and so you can sort of date it. If a person moves into an area of endemic flourosis, after say 15 years, then he will not suffer from dental flourosis as the teeth are already formed. Fluorosis is a toxic manifestation of chronic intake. As soon as a blue-black line appearing on gums signifies chronic lead poisoning, fluorosis is the first visible sign that the whole body has been poisoned by too much fluoride.
Some dentists recommend bleaching in order to whiten the fluorosis stains. The procedure to perform dental bleaching can be broken down into four steps:
1.scrubbing the enamel in order to clean it from all sides,
2.treating the enamel with hydrochloric acid,
3.applying sodium hypochlorite, and
4.applying dental adhesives.
Fluorosis stains appearance may be different for different people and for some it is due to the overdose of fluoride in toothpaste, for others it may be the reason of fluoride contamination in water. The stains on the teeth depend upon the content of fluoride. Therefore, if we keep a check on the water we are drinking, fluorosis stains may never be a problem.
