Dental Fluorosis

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)

Also Known As:

Fluorosis, Dental; Dental Fluoroses; Fluoroses, Dental; Enamel, Mottled; Mottled Enamels; Teeth, Mottled; Mottled Enamel; Mottled Teeth

Stomatognathic Diseases: 725
- Tooth Diseases: 34
  - Tooth Abnormalities: 35
    - Developmental Defects of Enamel: 173
      - Dental Enamel Hypomineralization: 37
        Dental Fluorosis: 1035
- Stomatognathic System Abnormalities
  - Tooth Abnormalities: 35
    - Developmental Defects of Enamel: 173
      - Dental Enamel Hypomineralization: 37
        Dental Fluorosis: 1035
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities: 960
- Congenital Abnormalities: 26404
  - Stomatognathic System Abnormalities
    - Tooth Abnormalities: 35
      - Developmental Defects of Enamel: 173
        Dental Enamel Hypomineralization: 37
        Dental Fluorosis: 1035

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