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Fluorosis, Dental

Medical Definition: 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)
Guide Notes: do not confuse with TOOTH DISCOLORATION; DF: FLUOROSIS DENT

Fluorosis, Dental Medical Definitions and Terms

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