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: 705
- Tooth Diseases: 33
  - Tooth Abnormalities: 33
    - Developmental Defects of Enamel: 166
      - Dental Enamel Hypomineralization: 35
        Dental Fluorosis: 1013
- Stomatognathic System Abnormalities
  - Tooth Abnormalities: 33
    - Developmental Defects of Enamel: 166
      - Dental Enamel Hypomineralization: 35
        Dental Fluorosis: 1013
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities: 933
- Congenital Abnormalities: 25723
  - Stomatognathic System Abnormalities
    - Tooth Abnormalities: 33
      - Developmental Defects of Enamel: 166
        Dental Enamel Hypomineralization: 35
        Dental Fluorosis: 1013

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