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Simply put: Fluoride forms a kind of protective film around your teeth and protects them from tooth decay. To better understand fluoride, it helps to understand how tooth decay occurs in the first place:

Our teeth consist of enamel, dentin and cementum. Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body and consists mainly of calcium and phosphate. Our teeth are surrounded by a biofilm (plaque) that contains numerous microorganisms. These bacteria break down carbohydrates from food into acids. The acids can damage the tooth because they dissolve calcium and phosphate from the enamel and thus soften it. Fluoride counteracts this. It improves the remineralization of the teeth by helping to incorporate the minerals back into the tooth lattice. It also builds up the enamel and makes it more resistant to acids. This gives the enamel an intact surface again.

At Denttabs we offer two different fluoride levels: The fluoride level in the Mint tablets is 1450 ppm (parts per million). The Strawberry tablets have a fluoride level of 500 ppm, which is adapted for children. Both values ​​are recommended and internationally recognized guidelines.

The fluoride in the tablet has been proven to dissolve very quickly and only in saliva and can therefore repair the affected areas of the teeth.

Remineralization means “rebuilding minerals.” Our teeth are surrounded by a biofilm (plaque) that contains numerous microorganisms. Many types of bacteria metabolize short-chain carbohydrates from food into acids. The acids damage the tooth because they dissolve calcium and phosphate from the enamel and thus soften it.
Remineralization can stop or even repair the formation of caries in the early stages. Our saliva plays a very important role here: it consists of water, proteins and minerals such as calcium and phosphate. Demineralized teeth, i.e. damaged teeth, can insert these minerals like small building blocks into decalcified (demineralized) areas and thus maintain the protective tooth enamel. Fluoride accelerates this process. Denttabs toothpaste tablets with fluoride have optimal remineralization potential, as the fluoride in the tablet has been proven to dissolve very quickly and only in the saliva and can repair the affected areas on the teeth. With Denttabs, the tooth can rebuild and recover.

Denttabs works with a unique principle: the polishing effect. This works with the cellulose, which can polish your teeth ultra-smoothly right into the gaps between your teeth. This means that new particles can simply roll off the tooth surfaces. Deposits, also known as plaque, can practically not form on polished surfaces. A clinical study confirmed that Denttabs achieved a significant reduction in plaque after 14 to 21 days.

Abrasiveness expresses how much a dental care product wears down or grinds down the tooth. It is measured by the RDA value (RDA = Radioactive Dentin Abrasion), which is used as a guideline for the cleaning effect. Abrasive dental care products aim to remove plaque without attacking the tooth enamel. When buying your dental care product, make sure that it does not contain any overly aggressive abrasives or surfactants.

The abrasion value, also known as the RDA value, for Denttabs is 21. This means that it is very low in terms of abrasiveness. Silica and small amounts of the gentle surfactant sodium lauroyl glutamate ensure low abrasiveness and the desired reduction in foam formation.

But that doesn't mean that we have a lower cleaning effect. In a clinically controlled study, three different abrasive dentifrices were compared: a whitening toothpaste with an RDA value of 162, a tooth gel with an RDA value of 0 and Denttabs with an RDA value of 35 (at the time a value of 35 was estimated, in 2021 an RDA value of 21 was calculated for Denttabs by the consumer organization Consumentenbond from the Netherlands). The cleaning performance achieved across all measured tooth surfaces was on average just over 50% for all three dentifrices (toothpaste: 50.9%, Denttabs: 54.4%, tooth gel: 51.6%). Denttabs thus achieved the best cleaning performance. A common belief is that you can brush away plaque with a high level of abrasiveness. The study proved the opposite.