Assertion: fluoride | /r/HasProperty | necessary
Facets:
value: to prevent tooth decay
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: We are told it is because fluoride is necessary to prevent tooth decay but the truth, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is that there is actually no real difference in the amount of tooth decay in developed countries compared to those that do not add fluoride to their water.
text: The local effect of fluoride is also desirable when considering that it is needed where the caries disease is occurring, i.e., the oral cavity.
text: On Page 317 he says that fluoride is neither necessary nor beneficial to teeth.
text: The most common response to the above question is that “fluoride is necessary to prevent tooth decay.
text: Thus, it should be accepted that fluoride may be necessary to maintain the low prevalence of caries observed nowadays.
text: Results of the present experimental study are in agreement with finding that glass-ionomer releases more fluoride when the environment was at lower pH, leaving less fluoride content at the surface of the material stored at the acidic solution, thus providing the highest amount of fluoride when it is most needed to prevent secondary caries .