En kronisk, endemisk form av tandemaljshypoplasi som orsakas av intag av vatten med hög fluorhalt under tandbildningsperioden. Tillståndet kännetecknas av bristfällig kalkbildning och kritliknande emalj, som med tiden får en brunaktig missfärgning.
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)
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Dental Fluoroses — Fluoroses, Dental — Dental Fluorosis — Mottled Teeth — Teeth, Mottled — Mottled Enamel — Enamel, Mottled — Mottled Enamels