February is National Children’s Dental

Health Month

This year’s NCDHM campaign slogan is “Fluoride in water prevents cavities! Get it from the tap”!

2020 is About Flouride in Water

Every February is National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM). This is a great opportunity to promote the benefits of good oral health. This year’s focus in about Floride in the water. Flouride in water prevents cavities, and Floride is great, and safe!

Flouride Benefits

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Rebuild (remineralize) weakened tooth enamel

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Slow down the loss of minerals from tooth enamel

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Reverse early signs of tooth decay

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Prevent the growth of harmful oral bacteria

If there is one thing dentists know, it’s that fluoride is great. Fluoride is a natural mineral in our environment and back in the 1930s, it was noticed that parts of the country that were naturally fluoridated at higher levels had fewer cavities in the population, so for the next 20 years, a lot of research was done. We came up with water fluoridation in the 1940s and then we went on to professionally apply topical fluorides today, which has probably been the greatest thing to reduce the caries level in our population. Source

2020 NCDHM Flyer – Flouride Message

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