If you're keeping up with your regular dental visits, you might have heard of professional fluoride treatment. Fluoride is a naturally resourced mineral from water, rocks, and soil, but its abundance varies based on location. Your Madera, CA, family dentist, Dr. Ahmed ElSayed of Madera Family Dental Care, offers professional fluoride treatment to protect your smile.

Strengthen Your Teeth

You might think fluoride treatments are only for children, but they're equally important for adults too. Though your children are likely receiving fluoride treatments regularly to help fight against cavities as they age, adults who use toothpaste with fluoride are less prone to tooth decay, gum disease, and weakened roots.

Sugary foods are a strong contributor to developing cavities, and that's because of an acid that's produced by bacteria in your mouth. This acid's main goal is to attack the protective coating on the surface of your teeth, weakening them and leaving you more susceptible to developing cavities.

That's why one of the most notable benefits of professional fluoride treatment is that it rebuilds and strengthens the enamel of your teeth.

Advantages of Fluoride

Your Madera, CA, family dentist protects your entire family's teeth against cavities. But you may be wondering, is that all professional fluoride treatments do? There are actually several benefits to fluoride, like:

• Facilitating the minerals in the treatment to rebuild weakened enamel of the teeth, becoming less receptive to cavities
• Delaying or even reversing the progress of a cavity
• Preventing the need for future costly dental work
• Minimizing the development of gum disease
• Less tooth pain
• Preventing early tooth loss

Potential Risks of Fluoride

There aren't many risks that you or your family need to worry about when receiving professional fluoride treatments. However, it is important to be aware of any allergies or reactions that may occur due to the fluoride. Discoloration of baby teeth in children is possible upon receiving treatment, however, with set doses for each age group, it's unlikely to occur.

Fluoride Treatments for the Whole Family

Your Madera, CA, family dentist, Dr. ElSayed of Madera Family Dental Care, is committed to keeping your smile healthy. To schedule an appointment with us, call our office at 559-661-4114.