{"id":408,"date":"2014-05-18T19:57:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T19:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.drbobbycarmen.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2014-05-02T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T20:00:19","slug":"fluoride-dental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/fluoride-dental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Fluoride in Your Dental Health with Dr. Bobby J. Carmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shutterstock_146473019\"<\/a>Fluoride<\/b> plays an essential role in the health of our teeth, strengthening our enamel and preventing tooth decay. Understanding the way that fluoride benefits you is an important part of maintaining optimal oral health. At the Norman, OK<\/a> office of Dr. Bobby J. Carmen<\/a>, our team helps patients keep their teeth strong and healthy with a variety of general dentistry services<\/a>, including fluoride treatments<\/b> when needed.<\/p>\n

How Does Fluoride Affect Oral Health?<\/b><\/p>\n

Fluoride <\/b>can be found in a variety of ways, both naturally in the foods that you eat and in oral care products like toothpaste and mouthwashes. Your dentist can also apply fluoride <\/b>to your teeth in order to further strengthen them. Fluoride <\/b>diminishes plaque\u2019s ability to form on the teeth, thereby reducing the patient\u2019s risk of developing gum disease. Additionally, it actually promotes remineralization of the enamel, effectively reversing the earliest stages of tooth decay before cavities form.<\/p>\n

While it is certainly most critical that patients between the ages of six months and 16 years receive a sufficient amount of fluoride <\/b>to prevent serious decay, adults can definitely benefit from it as well. If your diet doesn\u2019t include a lot of fluoride-rich foods, talk to Dr. Carmen<\/b> about fluoride treatments.<\/b><\/p>\n

Lifelong Dental Health<\/b><\/p>\n

Whether you are the parent looking for the best ways to keep your child\u2019s smile healthy and strong, or you\u2019re an adult patient with questions about how fluoride <\/b>may help protect your teeth, our team is here to help. Contact our office<\/a> in Norman, OK<\/b> today and schedule your appointment with Dr. Carmen <\/b>and our caring, experienced staff. Our family-friendly dental practice happily welcomes patients from throughout the surrounding areas of Moore, the University of Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma, Del City, <\/b>and beyond. We look forward to partnering with you on your journey toward lifelong oral health and wellness!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fluoride plays an essential role in the health of our teeth, strengthening our enamel and preventing tooth decay. Understanding the way that fluoride benefits you is an important part of maintaining optimal oral health. At the Norman, OK office of Dr. Bobby J. Carmen, our team helps patients keep their teeth strong and healthy with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,53],"tags":[72,245,246,6,188,97,70,82,111,7,155,95,71,83],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-bobby-j-carmen","category-general-dentistry","tag-central-oklahoma","tag-dr-bobby-carmen","tag-dr-bobby-j-carmen","tag-dr-carmen","tag-fluoride","tag-general-dentistry-2","tag-moore","tag-norman","tag-norman-dentist","tag-norman-dentistry","tag-oklahoma-dentist","tag-the-university-of-oklahoma","tag-university-of-oklahoma","tag-university-of-oklahoma-dentistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}