Thread by @POH_Smiles

Seems to be a hot muggy #FluorideFriday around here.
-|- "However, if #fluoride is supplied in the diet, or applied to teeth topically, it gets incorporated into the structure of the tooth, forming a more acid-stable substance called fluoroapatite." mcgill.ca/oss/article/he…

How MUCH more acid resistant? Not much. A smidgen. Certainly, from the results of the experiment, not enough.

Suppose, though, if adding #fluorine to the enamel made the enamel completely impervious to cariogenic acid attack. 100% totally makes enamel insoluble. That would be great, if it weren't for the one little item overlooked by proponents of using #fluorine to prevent tooth decay.

For over 75 years, that little item has in fact always been the Achilles heel of the theory. Still being overlooked.

The surface structure of the teeth isn't an amorphous surface. It is a crystalline lattice. The interstitial spaces betwixt those crystals aren't affected by F~ in the same way. Ever heard of occult caries? Crumbly teeth?
The caries process works there, too, between the crystals.

"#Fluoride has a secondary effect as well. It can interfere with the activity of enzymes, such as the ones bacteria use to convert sugars into acids." -\- Like Human Beings don't have enzymes that would react similarly?

"There are approximately 1300 different enzymes found in the human cell."
enzyscience.com/pages/enzyme-f…

Enter Dr Bass' "The Catch".

Isn't this early homeopathy? -|- "Since tooth decay is a universal problem, it would seem that a simple method of prevention, namely the addition of tiny amounts of fluoride to drinking water, would be a welcome solution."

*Well, seeing as how fluorine makes ugly brown holes in teeth, and a cavity is an ugly brown hole in a tooth, and, as the Wisdom of the Ages has it, #LikeCuresLike, after all!*