Improvement of appearance and alteration in surface enamel was evaluated following microabrasion of teeth with differing degrees of fluorosis stain in vivo. Eighty-two fluorotic permanent maxillary central incisors from 41 patients were divided into categories of mild (32), moderate (30), and severe (20). Teeth received 30-sec applications of PREMA until no stain remained or for a maximum of 10...

Objective: One complication of fixed orthodontic treatment in patients with poor oral hygiene is development of demineralized enamel lesions compromising esthetics. This study aimed to review preventive measures and treatment of white spot lesions (WSLs) in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances. Review of Literature: In this review study, PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched ...

The rubbing application of a hydrochloric acid-pumice mixture has been advocated for the removal of fluorotic-like areas of permanent teeth. However, there have been no previous reports as to the amount of enamel removed during this process. The objective of this project was to measure the amount of enamel lost during successive rubbing applications of an 18% HCl-pumice mixture. Nine extracted ...

The territory of Poltava region belongs to the Buchatsky hydrogeological province, whose groundwater is characterized by an elevated fluorine level content. cause endemic dental fluorosis particularly in children’s population water consumption with surplus concentration this chemical element. Also, having a condition that develops from high fluoride drinking water- causes disorder hard tooth ti...

objective: one complication of fixed orthodontic treatment in patients with poor oral hygiene is development of demineralized enamel lesions compromising esthetics. this study aimed to review preventive measures and treatment of white spot lesions (wsls) in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances. review of literature: in this review study, pubmed and google scholar databases were searched f...

1Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP, Piracicaba Dental School, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil 2Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESP, Araçatuba Dental School, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil 3Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP, Piracicaba Dental School, Department of Social Dentistry, Area of Statistics, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil