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| Field | Field type | Value |
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| generic | String | Sodium fluoride |
| brand | String | Many; topical professional/OTC and Rx oral |
| structure | File | |
| classes | List of String, delimiter: , | [[:Category:Anticaries_agents|Anticaries agent]] • [[:Category:Trace_elements|Trace element]] |
| mechanism | String | |
| uses | String | '"`UNIQ--vote-0000131A-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-0000131B-QINU`"' |
| starting_dose | String | OTC dentifrice/rinse 0.05-0.5% fluoride daily; Rx 1.1% sodium fluoride toothpaste/gel daily; supplements (where local water non-fluoridated) age-titrated 0.25-1 mg/d |
| preparations | String | Toothpaste, rinse, gel, varnish (topical); 0.25, 0.5, 1 mg tablets and drops (Rx supplements where appropriate) |
| fda_max | String | Topical: per formulation; oral supplement age-dependent |
| pill_id | Text | |
| routes | List of String, delimiter: , | Topical • oral |
| onset | String | Caries reduction over months to years of consistent use |
| duration | String | Hours per topical application |
| halflife | String | ~6 hours plasma; long bone retention |
| bioavailability | String | Topical: local effect on enamel; systemic supplementation has high oral bioavailability with skeletal accumulation |
| pregnancy | String | Safe at routine fluoride levels.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">[[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation needed]]]</sup> |
| legal | String | OTC (most dentifrice and rinse) and [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] (high-concentration paste/gel, supplements) in US |
