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Tooth quality in dental fluorosis genetic and environmental factors.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Jan 2005
Vieira A P G F, Hanocock R, Eggertsson H, Everett E T, Grynpas M D
Abstract excerpt
Dental fluorosis (DF) affects the appearance and structure of tooth enamel and can occur following ingestion of excess fluoride during critical periods of amelogenesis. This tooth malformation may, depending on its severity, influence enamel and dentin microhardness and dentin mineralization. Poor correlation between tooth fluoride (F) concentration and DF severity was shown in some studies, but even when a...
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