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A chronic endemic form of ENAMEL HYPOMINERALIZATION caused by drinking water with a high fluorine content during the time of tooth formation, and characterized by defective calcification that gives a white chalky appearance to the enamel, which gradually undergoes brown discoloration. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p286)
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- Dental Fluoroses
- Fluoroses, Dental
- Fluorosis, Dental
- Mottled Enamel
- Mottled Teeth
- Enamel, Mottled
- Mottled Enamels
- Teeth, Mottled
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with TOOTH DISCOLORATION
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97; was MOTTLED ENAMEL 1965-96; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL was see MOTTLED ENAMEL 1987-96
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dental Fluorosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009050. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009050
- Dental Fluorosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_fluorosis
- Dental Fluorosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1427959