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Rate of tooth decay.
Fluoride is not actually essential, thus you can't really have a "deficiency",
but it does strengthen bone and enamel.
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Is fluoride a vitamin?
No. Copied from dictionary.com (accessed March 1, 2012): vitamin: any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders. Fluoride - refers to the F- anion. Sodium fluoride (for example, in a varnish) is an inorganic compound. The fluoride ion is not essential to any known normal metabolic process. A deficiency of fluoride has never been shown to produce any specific disorders.
What two compounds are in sodium fluoride?
Sodium fluoride is the only compound in sodium fluoride.
Can fluoride be a chemical compound?
Fluoride itself is a monatmic ion of the element fluorine. It must be paired with a positive ion to form a compound. The fluoride in toothpaste is sodium fluoride. Some people confuse fluoride with the mineral fluorite (calcium fluoride), which is a compound.
What is the name of the compound PbF2?
Lead fluoride, PbF2
What is the name of compound RbF?
That is the formula. Rubidium fluoride (RbF) has a chemical formula of RbF.
Fluoride deficiency is best known to lead to?
Dental decay
Is fluoride deficiency known to cause dental decay?
yes of course flouride is a material used by the body to make up tooth material the higher the flouride content the stronger the tooth (up to a level - too much flouride causes damage to teeth) thus - flouride deficiency causes teeth to be more prone to tooth decay
Is what your age a criterion deficiency?
Age is not a factor in criterion deficiency. Criterion deficiency is a secondary measure used to assess job performance skills as well as competency skills.
Is fluoride a vitamin?
No. Copied from dictionary.com (accessed March 1, 2012): vitamin: any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders. Fluoride - refers to the F- anion. Sodium fluoride (for example, in a varnish) is an inorganic compound. The fluoride ion is not essential to any known normal metabolic process. A deficiency of fluoride has never been shown to produce any specific disorders.
Is fluoride an oxidation of fluoride?
No, The fluoride ion is a reduced form of fluorine.
What is another name for fluoride?
Fluoride is in many products available to the public. Fluoride is also known as Acidulated Phosphate Fluoride, Stannous Fluoride, Hydrogen Fluoride, Calcarea Fluorica, and Atomic Number 9.
What is Color of silver fluoride?
AgF (silver (I) fluoride or argentous fluoride is a yellow-brown color. The compound AgF2 silver (II) fluoride or argentic fluoride is white.
What is the compound of NaF?
sodium fluoride
Why is Fluoride?
The anion fluoride is (F)-.
Is fluoride flammable?
No. Fluoride is not flammable.
What is the formula for iron 111 fluoride?
Iron III fluoride is FeF3 Note that it is iron III fluoride not iron 111 fluoride.
What two compounds are in sodium fluoride?
Sodium fluoride is the only compound in sodium fluoride.
