Review Article

Year : 2023 | Volume : 11 | Issue : 1 | Page : 1-6

Dental Fluorosis – A Review

Logesh Sidhu 1, Sivashankari Boobalan 2

1 Post Graduate Student, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences (IGIDS), Pondicherry – 607402,

2* Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai – 600077

Address for Correspondence:

Sivashankari Boobalan,

Postgraduate student, Dept of public health dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Poonamallee, Chennai-600077, India.

Email-Id: shankari231998@gmail.com

Abstract

Dental fluorosis is a dental enamel development disturbance caused by repeated exposure to high fluoride concentrations during tooth development, resulting in enamel with a lower mineral content and more porosity. Dental fluorosis shows white opaque appearance of hypomineralized enamel subsurface, with pitting and subsequent loss of enamel surface leads to brown color. The lesions take place in these forms: hypoplasia of dental enamel, pitting, decalcified areas, mottling, brownin. Fluorides are always considered as double-edged sword. Fluorides are necessary for the healthy growth and development of the body, however excessive fluoride intake can be harmful and causes severe deformities by understanding the sources of fluoride, knowing to avoid over exposure, fluorosis can be prevented. They are also treated with bleaching, micro abrasion, resin infiltration, resin infiltration with bleaching, and microabrasion with bleaching.

SOURCE OF FUNDING:

Not applicable

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

How to Cite this article : Sivashankari Boobalan, & Logesh Sidhu. (2023). Dental Fluorosis – A Review. International Journal of Community Dentistry, 11(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.56501/intjcommunitydent.v11i1.695