Researchers from the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging (MBExC) have uncovered the 3D structure of the ...

Fluoride helps protect teeth by making the hard outer layer—the enamel—more resistant to acid attacks by bacteria and sugars. When acid starts to wear down enamel, fluoride draws in calcium and ...

Chest or breastfeeding infants, or making up formula milk with fluoride-free water ... This can result in calcium being drawn from the bones into the bloodstream, weakening bone structure and ...

When dental tissue is exposed to an acid attack without microbiological interference, an irreversible, chronic, localized, pathological, and painless loss of enamel, defined as dental erosion, occurs ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency labels anything that isn't hydrogen or oxygen in water as a contaminant, such as magnesium, iron, calcium, fluoride and more. The EPA sets Maximum ...

Fluoride is a reactive chemical that binds strongly to calcium and metals ... like black tea. Infant formula: Use non-fluoridated water for mixing formula; breastmilk contains minimal fluoride.

Finally, the F ion was leached from the tea powder using a previously reported alkali ashing method and quantified using a fluoride ... changes in the structure and content of cell wall components.

By examining changes in fluoride concentration and enamel structure, the research sheds light on why enamel becomes brittle with age and suggests ways to improve dental care. The researchers ...

The bulky phosphate particles are packed closely together, with the smaller calcium and ... the tooth structure collapses, forming a cavity," Morris said. Fluoride addresses this problem by ...

Oliver A.H. Jones receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), various water utilities and the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Victoria for research into environmental pollution.