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Descriptor English: Fluorosis, Dental
Descriptor Spanish: Fluorosis Dental
Descriptor fluorosis dental
Entry term(s) dientes moteados
esmalte moteado
fluorosis dentaria
Scope note: Forma endémica crónica de HIPOMINERALIZACIÓN DEL ESMALTE DENTAL causada por beber agua con alto contenido de flúor durante la formación de los dientes, y caracterizada por una calcificación defectuosa que da al esmalte un aspecto de tiza blanca, que gradualmente pasa a adquirir una coloración marrón. (Traducción libre del original: Jablonski s Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p286)
Descriptor Portuguese: Fluorose Dentária
Descriptor French: Fluorose dentaire
Entry term(s): Dental Fluoroses
Dental Fluorosis
Enamel, Mottled
Fluoroses, Dental
Mottled Enamel
Mottled Enamels
Mottled Teeth
Teeth, Mottled
Tree number(s): C07.650.800.295.500.500
C07.793.700.295.500.500
C16.131.850.800.295.500.500
SP4.909.415
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009050
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: do not confuse with TOOTH DISCOLORATION
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 97; was MOTTLED ENAMEL 1965-96; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL was see MOTTLED ENAMEL 1987-96
History Note: 97; was MOTTLED ENAMEL 1965-96; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL was see MOTTLED ENAMEL 1987-96
Entry Version: FLUOROSIS DENT
DeCS ID: 9242
Unique ID: D009050
NLM Classification: WU 220
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/07/03
Fluorosis, Dental - Preferred
Concept UI M0014119
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Fluorosis, Dental
Entry term(s) Dental Fluoroses
Dental Fluorosis
Fluoroses, Dental
Mottled Teeth - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000765567
Preferred term Mottled Teeth
Entry term(s) Enamel, Mottled
Mottled Enamel
Mottled Enamels
Teeth, Mottled



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