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CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM AND CHANGES IN THE ENAMEL OF DECIDUOUS TEETH
Author(s) -
NOREN J. G.,
ALM J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1983.tb09757.x
Subject(s) - enamel paint , deciduous teeth , medicine , congenital hypothyroidism , dentistry , thyroid , deciduous tooth , deciduous , hormone , permanent teeth , thyroid hormones , physiology , endocrinology , biology , botany
. Deciduous teeth from children with congenital hypothyroidism were collected and ground sections were prepared. The sections were analysed by means of polarised light and microradiography. The enamel in ground sections of deciduous teeth from children with congenital hypothyroidism showed an increase in areas with elevated pore volume distribution in both the pre‐ and postnatal enamel. The findings suggest that thyroid hormone influences enamel maturation. Further, alterations in enamel structure, presumably due to prenatal thyroid deficiency, were found to be more common among children with neurological abnormalities at the age of 7 to 9 years.