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What compound is added to toothpaste to prevent tooth decay?
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Toothpaste contains 20 - 42% water. Around half of the compounds are abrasives like alum1inum hydroxide, calcium carbonate, calcium hydrogen phosphates, silica's, zeolites, and hydroxyapatite. It also contains fluoride in various forms like sodium fluoride.
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What element is added to toothpaste and city water system to help tooth decay?
florine
What element is added to toothpaste to prevent tooth decay?
Fluorine and fluoride are made up of each other and are found mostly in toothpastes to strengthen teeth. Dentists often spread a fluorine paste over a patient's teeth to harden the enamel of their teeth.
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What is added to toothpaste to help tooth decay?
Floride is added to toothpaste to strengthen the enamel of the tooth. This helps prevent tooth decay, particularly in children.
How does toothpaste prevent tooth decay?
which element present in our toothpaste protects out tooth from the tooth decay?
What element is added to drinking water and toothpaste to prevent tooth decay?
Fluoride helps prevent tooth decay
What element is added to toothpaste and city water system to help tooth decay?
florine
Which chemical is added to water for prevention of tooth decay?
Floride is added to toothpaste to strengthen the enamel of the tooth. This helps prevent tooth decay, particularly in children.
What element is used used in toothpaste to fight tooth decay Read Answer Items?
The element that is used to fight tooth decay in toothpaste is fluoride. There are debates as to how safe and effective this element is when added to toothpaste or water.
What element is added to toothpaste and city water systems to help to decay?
Fluoride
What element is added to toothpaste and city water systems to help decay?
Fluoride
How does fluoride toothpaste prevent tooth decay?
By creating a shield around the teeth that would last longer than toothpaste would.
What element added to toothpaste and city water system to help tooth decay?
Fluoride
What element is added to toothpaste and the city water systems to help tooth decay?
florine
What is the constituent element of toothpaste?
Toothpaste can include the minerals fluorite, for prevention of decay; quartz, as a thickening agent; mica, to make the toothpaste sparkle; and titanium to make it white or opaque.
