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How does fluoride help teeth?
Fluoride helps the enamel on your teeth become harder. This helps your teeth to resist decay and cavities. Many countries add fluoride to their water supplies to make sure everyone gets enough! You can also buy fluoride mouthwash to make sure your teeth are good and healthy.
Is tap water acidic or alkaline?
Tap water - if it's pure - should be neutral. However - water companies add various chemicals (such as fluoride) in the cleaning process which changes the pH level slightly towards the acidic side of the scale.
Can you add some sugars to a full glass of water without causing overflow?
If you add sugar to a full glass of water the water will overflow. Although you can't see sugar in the water solution it still takes up space.
Examples of liquid to gas mass transfer?
Some examples of diffusion of gas in liquid include when you add drops of food coloring to water or when you add bleach to water to clean something.
What happens when you add fluorine to water?
If you add it to drinking water you it will damage your teeth
How do you precipitate fluoride from water?
Add silver nitrate solution. flouride is precipitated as silver fluoride
Does the town of Guilderland add fluoride to water?
No information about adding fluoride to the town's water could be found on the town's website. To find out if they add fluoride, you may need to call their water mangement department. To go to their site, see the Related Link.
Which of the following best describes the fluoride content of bottled water?
usually bottled water does not have fluoride in it unless they advertise that it does (like nursery water or water specifically for kids they may add fluoride to those)
What cities have fluoride in the water?
Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first municipality in the United States to add fluoride to its water system.
What was the first city to add fluoride to their drinking water?
grand rapids
You was the first city to add fluoride to its drinking water?
new york
Do New Zealand add fluoride?
New Zealand does fluoridate their water, but not all their entire supply of water. Some regions voted against having their water fluoridated.
Elements found in household tap water?
Apart form the oxygen and hydrogen that makes the water molecules... some water companies add fluoride to the water (to help keep our teeth healthy). Other chemicals can be traces of copper or lead (from the pipes in the house). There are also minute quantities of chlorine added at the processing plant - to sterilise the water.
Why do they add fluoride to tap water are they trying to poison us?
They don't mean to poison you; it has been shown to help prevent tooth decay. Controversy exists as to how toxic fluoride is.
Does Montreal have fluoride in its water?
If we're talking about a city of Montreal, no it hasn't, however west-island municipalities add fluoride (0.7mg/L) in their water Pointe-ClaireEntirelyBeaconsfieldEntirelyKirklandEntirelyBaie-d'UrféEntirelySainte-Anne-de-BellevueNorth Side of the Trans-Canada (Highway 40)Dollard-des-Ormeaux Some streets
Does fluoride kill microorganisms?
it isn't to kill germs it trangthens enamel Actually.... Fluoride inhibits the enzyme enolase, which the bacteria in plaque need to metabolize carbohydrates or sugars into acids. So while it doesn't kill bacteria, it does prevent them from doing harm.
How does fluoride help teeth?
Fluoride helps the enamel on your teeth become harder. This helps your teeth to resist decay and cavities. Many countries add fluoride to their water supplies to make sure everyone gets enough! You can also buy fluoride mouthwash to make sure your teeth are good and healthy.
