Abstract
The uptake of alkali-soluble fluoride (calcium fluoride-like material and adsorbed fluoride) and alkali-insoluble fluoride (apatitically bound fluoride) on sound human enamel from treatment with Duraphat or a neutral 2% NaF solution was investigated in vitro. Blocks from impacted third molars were used. More fluoride was deposited on the enamel from the neutral 2% NaF solution than from the Duraphat treatment. All the fluoride could be dissolved in alkali. Globules of calcium fluoride-like material were demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy. Chemical analysis showed no measurable increase in the apatitically bound fluoride (alkali-insoluble fluoride) after brief exposures. Duraphat-treated samples submerged in water after the exposure lost only about 50% of the deposited fluoride, whereas samples treated with 2% NaF are known to lose all their fluoride under similar circumstances, a condition which may be related to the favorable clinical effect of Duraphat.
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