NUTR-4550 Lecture 33: NUTR 4550-Test 4, L9: Fluoride
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Fluoride in water helps decrease cavities in children: can"t have too much fluoride in water because fluorosis can occur. Can be affected by: excretions in sweat or urine, could stay in the body to help calcify tissues or contribute to enamel. Quick in and out of the body. Fh can be seen in the urine: distributino is dependent on ph of urine. F more present in alkaline ph and cannot go into the blood as a result. **most f will be excreted if it reaches the urine. Fluoride is not absorbed or kept well into late childhood.
