Drinking fluoridated water or taking fluoride supplements are the most effective household means of delivering fluoride to the surfaces of your teeth because it is released in your saliva, which continually bathes your teeth with the fluoride. This constant, albeit modestly invasive, exposure creates an external layer of fortified enamel that renders these methods so useful. Other prescription and non-prescription means of fluoride delivery (toothpastes, rinses etc.) though helpful, are less so because they only supply fluoride to your teeth during use and for a short time after. The one exception to this is a fluoride treatment performed here in our office.

The fluoride treatments that we provide for you here in our office are uniquely effective because they permit significantly deeper penetration of the fluoride into the surfaces of your teeth creating a broader layer of decay-resistant tooth structure. The reason for this is that the fluoride gels that we use in these treatments contain a weak acid (weaker than those used to lighten your teeth with our in-office bleaching process) that allows for a more extensive infiltration of the fluoride into your teeth. No other fluoride preparation achieves this degree of saturation, which is why no other type is as effective.

These treatments can only be performed under the supervision of our staff as with the in-office bleaching process because of the potential consequences of misapplication. The trays with which we distribute the fluoride gel over your teeth minimize its contact with the soft tissues of your mouth, limiting irritation and possible chemical burns. The suction tip we insert with the trays prevents swallowing of the gel and removes most of what oozes beyond the margins of the trays.

REMEMBER, NO TREATMENT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PREVENTION!