dc.contributor.author | Ng'ang'a, PM | |
dc.contributor.author | Chindia, ML | |
dc.contributor.author | Hassanali, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-11T15:45:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-11T15:45:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 1990 Jan;67(1):17-23.. : Elsevier | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/47640 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2354673 | |
dc.description.abstract | The present longitudinal study was conducted on ten children from age 5-6 years to determine the post-eruptive enamel changes of fluorosed permanent incisors. The children were born and reared in an area of Kenya with a water fluoride level of 14-45 parts per million. The incisors were examined and photographed periodically from the time of eruption over a period of 2 1/2 years. It was noted that the fluorosed incisor was intact as it erupted and then it underwent a variety of changes. In some there was mechanical breakdown (pitting) of the chalky white enamel which occurred rapidly initially and then the breakdown slowed down by 2 years. In others, there was smoothening of the pitted enamel resulting in a translucent appearance. Alternatively there was some degree of patchy staining of the enamel without surface breakdown. Much of the cervical 1/3 of the enamel remained intact even in teeth with severe breakdown. In most cases, these changes were bilaterally symmetrical. The possible reasons for these changes are discussed. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Clinical report on longitudinal post-eruptive changes in fluorotic enamel observed in 10 cases over a 2 1/2 year period. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |