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Dental fluorosis among participants in a non‐supervised fluoride tablet program
Author(s) -
Larsen Mogens Joost,
Kirkegaard Ejgil,
Poulsen Sven,
Fejerskov Ole
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1989.tb00612.x
Subject(s) - dental fluorosis , medicine , fluoride , dentistry , enamel paint , inorganic chemistry , chemistry
The aim of the present study was to describe the intraoral pattern of dental fluorosis among fluoride tablet consumers. One hundred and forty‐two children, of whom 56 had participated in a fluoride tablet program of 0.5/1.0 mg NaF per day were examined blindly for possible fluoride‐induced enamel changes. A low prevalence of dental fluorosis was found among non‐participants. The later in life the tooth was formed, the higher was the prevalence. The subjects who had participated in the fluoride tablet program showed a significantly higher prevalence of fluorosis. They could be divided into three groups: Group I exhibited a tooth prevalence pattern not statistically different from that of the non‐participants, group 2 showed dental fluorosis in almost all teeth except in those formed before the start of the tablet program. In group 3 the early and the late formed teeth showed very little fluorosis while those formed in the few years just after the initiation of the fluoride tablet intake were affected by fluorosis