Fluorosis, Dental [dentální fluoróza]
- Terms
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fluoróza skloviny
fluoróza zubů
skvrnitá sklovina
zubní fluoróza
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Dental Fluoroses
Dental Fluorosis
Fluoroses, Dental
Mottled Enamel
Mottled Teeth
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
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