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What is Fluoride?

Fluoride is used to prevent tooth decay. It is absorbed by teeth and helps to strengthen teeth and block action of bacteria that cause cavities. Fluoride usually is prescribed for children and adults whose homes have water that does not already have fluoride added.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Teeth Sensitive to cold 1 1 Efficacy_major
Tooth (dental) pain 1 0
Tooth problems 1 0
Sjogrens syndrome 1 0
tooth decay from immune disorder 1 0
Sjogren's Syndrome 1 1 Efficacy_major

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Fluoride

Hospitalization 1

Reported Dosages

  0.25 mg/0.6 mL daily 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.05 g daily 1.1 g daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fluoride (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 50%
Other 1   Other: 50%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Fluoride

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Fluoride

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Fluoride

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 50%
Sometimes
 1 50%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fluoride

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 100%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fluoride

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.