Dental fluorosis is the appearance of faint white lines or streaks on the teeth that only occurs when younger children consume too much fluoride, from any source, over long periods when teeth are developing under the gums. Its caused by overexposure to fluoride during the first eight years of life. Fluorosis definition of fluorosis by medical dictionary. At the department of childrens dental medicine to the medical university sofia 18 children aged 4 15 were treated for different degrees of fluorosis. Dental fluorosis, also termed mottling of the tooth enamel is caused by excessive exposure to fluoride. The severity of the condition is dependent on the dose, duration, and age of the. This is the time when most permanent teeth are being formed. Fluorosis is a dental lesion caused by the destructive effect of fluoride on the tooth making.
Dental fluorosis will be one of the first indicators of fluorosis. Fluorosis is a dental lesion caused by the destructive effect of fluoride on the tooth making cells in the forming and. Dental fluorosis is defined as having very mild, mild, moderate, or severe forms is based on deans fluorosis. United states, 1999 2004 unaffected questionable very mild mild moderate severe notes. Dental fluorosis is a condition that causes changes in the appearance of tooth enamel due to hypomineralization of tooth enamel, caused by excessive exposure to fluoride during tooth development affecting its organization, composition and structure 1. Fluorosis dental sintomas y tratamiento clinica dental. It produces hypo mineralization of the enamel by increasing the porosity, thus exposing the tooth to decay. Once teeth break through the gums, you cannot develop fluorosis. Exposure, prevention and management introduction dental fluorosis is a developmental disturbance of dental enamel, caused by successive exposures to high concentrations of fluoride during tooth development, leading to enamel with lower mineral content and increased porosity. However, in more severe cases there are several fluorosis treatment options aimed at improving the appearance of affected teeth. Tratamiento con acido clorhidrico en paciente con fluorosis dental. In mild cases of fluorosis, no treatment is required.
This system allows the amount of enamel alteration on each tooth to be classified. Disease control and prevention, cdc sobre fluorosis dental. Gradually these spots turn brown and presents itself in brown streaks which are closer to the tip. In clinical work one of the most widely used methods of classifying and recording dental fluorosis is the dental fluorosis index dfi formulated by dean 1942.
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