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Dental Fluorosis- Revisited

Volume 2 - Issue 1

**Abhimanyu Mohanta*¹ and Prafulla K Mohanty²**

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- ¹Biju Pattnaik Clollege, Mayurbhanj, India
- ²Department of Zoology, Utkal University, India
*Corresponding author: Abhimanyu Mohanta, Biju Pattnaik Clollege, Singda, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India- 757039

Received: January 06, 2018; Published: January 17, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.02.000667

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Abstract

Dental fluorosis is a chronic fluoride –induced condition in which an excess of fluoride is incorporated in the developing tooth enamel and disrupt the enamel formation of the tooth. Prevalence of dental fluorosis due to high levels of fluoride in drinking water is an endemic global problem. Although, definite mechanism of dental flourosis is yet to be confirmed, hypomineralization of teeth enamel is the real fact and so the teeth enamel become more porous and softer than the normal counterparts. More exposure to the fluoride, greater is the rate of dental fluorosis. Also, children with mild dental fluorosis had lower IQ than those without dental fluorosis demands further investigation.

Keywords: Fluorosis; Endemic; Enamel; Ameloblast; Intelligent Quotient (IQ)