Fluorosis, Dental [dentální fluoróza]

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Terms

fluoróza skloviny
fluoróza zubů
skvrnitá sklovina
zubní fluoróza

 

Dental Fluoroses
Dental Fluorosis
Fluoroses, Dental
Mottled Enamel
Mottled Teeth

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Definition

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)

Annotation
do not confuse with TOOTH DISCOLORATION
DUI
D009050 MeSH Browser
CUI
M0014119
History note
97; was MOTTLED ENAMEL 1965-96; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL was see MOTTLED ENAMEL 1987-96
Public note
97; was MOTTLED ENAMEL 1965-96; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL was see MOTTLED ENAMEL 1987-96