[Epidemiologic study of endemic chronic dental fluorosis in El Salvador].
1973
R E Garcia O'Meany
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009050
Fluorosis, Dental
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)