FLUORIDE VERSUS DENTAL IMPLANTS: CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS AND THEIR CLINICAL EFFECTS

Objective: To discuss the possible impacts that fluoride can have on dental implants. Methodology: The methodology of this article was outlined as follows: Four databases were used: PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE and Google Scholar. During the searches for data on these platforms, the following descriptors were used in the search strategy: ''Fluoride'', ''Dental implants'' and ''Clinical relevance'', descriptors used in order to identify only results related to the topic addressed by the article. The results acquired went through 3 stages: 1- Deduplication of duplicate articles, eliminating repeated articles. 2- Elimination of articles in which, through reading their title and abstract, it was possible to see their incompatibility with the article. 3- In the last phase, a complete reading of the articles that remained from the first and second phases was carried out, eliminating the incompatible articles and selecting the compatible articles to compose the present narrative review. Results: Recent studies have shown that products containing fluoride may be contributing negatively to the oral health of people with dental implants, based on results that demonstrated that fluoride causes negative impacts on the implant's oxide wall, which serves as protection for it and allows it to coexist with human tissues. Conclusion: Fluoride can indeed negatively impact the implant, and may bring negative points to its structure and useful life. There is a clear need for future studies that aim to better understand this relationship between fluoride and dental implants.