Posts Tagged ‘fluorides’

The History of Fluorine, Fluoride and Fluoridation

Monday, September 14th, 2009

The discovery of fluoride and fluorine

Hearing of “fluorine” or “fluoride” most people now think instantly of dentistry, of dental caries or the different ways of fluoride application to prevent that disorder. But these terms are not inventions of dentistry, nor was the use of fluorides originally in any way related to that profession.

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