How to Use fluoride in a Sentence

fluoride

noun
  • That fluoride needs time to sit on your teeth and do its thing.
    Drew Schwartz, SELF, 10 Feb. 2023
  • And then, brush the teeth and gums with a rice-grain-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste twice a day.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Brush your teeth twice a day, use toothpaste with fluoride, and floss at least once a day.
    Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The big concern here is fluoride, the researchers said.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 5 Feb. 2019
  • The collected water is a free source of water that is free of chlorine and fluoride.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The element, fluorine, can be found in our bones and teeth as fluoride.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Adults should use a toothpaste that contains at least 1,450 parts per million (ppm) fluoride.
    Bianca London, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2023
  • This allows your saliva a little time to try to buffer against and remove the acids, and the fluoride toothpaste can help strengthen your teeth as a bonus.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Brushing with fluoride toothpaste can help with the external care of your teeth.
    Celeste Polanco, Essence, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Small amounts of fluoride in water helps prevent tooth decay, the release states.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Everything is in the bag: a bottle to feed them, baby food, wipes, fluoride-free toothpaste.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Another section is still run by DuPont to make polyvinyl fluoride resins.
    Ken Otterbourg, Fortune, 24 May 2018
  • For instance, a fluoride-free toothpaste might leave you — or your kids — with a mouthful of cavities.
    Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The city of Sunset will continue to check fluoride levels and provide test results to the public.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Joan talks to Jayme about sealants, fluoride, and enamel and tells her about a dental office that provides free cleanings to kids under 6.
    Tracy Saelinger, Woman's Day, 8 Jan. 2019
  • As the Times points out, fluoride's dental benefits are widely proven; the science is still out on mind-control.
    Nate Erickson, Esquire, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The design is based on the lab’s finding that thorium dissolves in hot liquid fluoride salts.
    Richard Martin, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2009
  • Tap water has all kinds of things in it that can affect your skin, such as fluoride, calcium, and magnesium.
    Dr. Leslie Baumann, miamiherald, 3 July 2018
  • Hello also offers up fluoride and whitening toothpaste to help your mouth stay minty all day long.
    Max Berlinger, GQ, 12 Jan. 2018
  • What adherents share is a wariness of tap water, particularly the fluoride added to it and the lead pipes that some of it passes through.
    Nellie Bowles, sacbee, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Use of fluoride has been linked to some potential health concerns but studies have not been conclusive about any risks.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • During the nearly three years since the fluoride vote in 2019, the harassment has grown so intense that the entire elections staff finally quit their jobs en masse.
    Michael Murney, Chron, 29 Aug. 2022
  • However, fluoride can only do so much due to its limited ability to reach the depth of the enamel.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
  • In 2019, city employees made a mistake that greatly increased the fluoride in the drinking water.
    Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The fluoride was turned off for a few hours, and the administration has said the action does not constitute a violation of code.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2022
  • Finally, the cities add fluoride to the water to improve dental health, which has been required in Minnesota since 1970.
    Eric Roper, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Sodium fluoride can also help prevent tooth decay and white spots which may be an early sign of tooth decay.
    Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2022
  • Plus, the fluoride in toothpaste could add some dental health benefits to oral immunotherapy for kids and adults.
    Amy Isler, Rn, Msn, Csn, Verywell Health, 5 Dec. 2023
  • To turn the adhesive off, Phillips and Kim applied fluoride to the edges of two microscopic glass slides stuck together, and the glass slides fell apart within minutes.
    Xiaozhi Lim, The Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 2018
  • The group even blamed communists for American cities putting fluoride in their water for dental health.
    Erick Trickey, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2021

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