Structured Summary
Abstract
A source of inorganic fluoride which is used topically to prevent dental caries.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- FNa
- Molecular Weight
- 41.9881724 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 7681-49-4
- IUPAC Name
- sodium fluoride
- InChIKey
- PUZPDOWCWNUUKD-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- SMILES
- [F-].[Na+]
- MeSH Unique ID
- D012969
- Source
- PubChem CID 5235
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Pharmacological Action
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Synonyms
9 entry terms
- Fluoride, Sodium
- Fluorides, Sodium
- Sodium Fluorides
- Fluoristat
- Ossin
- Zymafluor
- Fluoristats
- Ossins
- Zymafluors
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Aspects Covered
24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
84(77); was see under FLUORIDES 1977-83
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Previous Indexing
- Fluorides (1966-1976)
- Fluorides, Topical (1966-1976)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sodium Fluoride. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012969. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012969
- Sodium Fluoride. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_fluoride
- Sodium Fluoride. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q407520
- Sodium Fluoride. In: PubChem Compound. CID 5235. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5235