Dental fluorosis
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A chronic endemic form of hypoplasia of the dental enamel 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)
- Aliases
- dental fluorosis
- fluorosis
- Fluorosis, Dental
- Intrinsic enamel discolouration of fluorosis
- intrinsic enamel discolouration of fluorosis
- Mottled teeth
- mottled teeth
- Mottling of enamel
- mottling of enamel
