Open AccessKnowledge of dental fluorosis of undergraduate dental students at a private university in Brazil
Author(s) -
Juliana de Oliveira Ferla,
J. Augusto R. Rodrigues,
Eduardo dos Santos Leonetti,
Kenitiro Suguío,
Jamil Awad Shibli,
Alessandra Cassoni
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4297/najms.2010.2371
Subject(s) - dental fluorosis , medicine , dentistry , incidence (geometry) , population , test (biology) , statistical analysis , medical education , family medicine , fluoride , environmental health , mathematics , statistics , inorganic chemistry , paleontology , chemistry , geometry , biology
The understanting of the dental fluorosis process, that begins with enamel maturation, is important to Dentistry students, since fluoride has drastically decreased the incidence of caries in several population groups, with a resultant increase in fluorosis prevalence and severity, as shown in literature.