Fluorine and Fluorosis

Fluorine and Fluorosis

Treatment of Dental Fluorosis

Dental fluorosis is the result of chronic endogenic intake of fluorides in amounts exceeding the optimal daily dose of 1 ppm In our country different mineral waters with high content of fluorine are on the market. As a result in numerous regions and settlements the cases of fluorosis with different degrees of seriousness have become more frequent in recent years. The aim of this study is to tes...

Long-term Effects of Various Iodine and Fluorine Doses on the Thyroid and Fluorosis in Mice.

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the participation of the independent and combined long term effect of various concentrations of iodine and fluorine on the pathogenesis of goiter and fluorosis in mice. METHODS: Nine drinking water supplies with different iodine and fluorine content were prepared by combination of potassium iodate and sodium fluoride solutions in bidistilled water. The concentrations of ...

Observations on the Mottling of Teeth in Rats

a relatively low intake of fluorine by rats and humans results in no measurable interference with calcium metabolism as determined by balance experiments and yet causes a devastating effect upon the enamel of the teeth when no other symptoms of fluorosis are present. Smith and Lantz (1935) later concluded that fluorine does not exert its characteristic damage to the teeth of rats through its ef...

Skeletal Changes in Endemic Fluorosis

Endemic fluorosis is a chronic fluorine intoxication found in certain parts of the world where there is excessive fluorine in the water and soil. It affects the teeth and skeleton, and secondarily the nervous system (Siddiqui 1955; Jolly, Singh and Singh 1961; Singh, Jolly and Bansal 1961 ; Singh and Jolly 1961). The skeletal changes in experimental and industrial fluorosis are well recognised ...