Dental fluorosis has been described as a subsurface
enamel hypomineralization, with porosity of the tooth positively correlated with the degree of fluorosis.22 It is characterized by diffuse opacities and under - mineralized enamel.
Not exact matches
However during maturation phase, volumetric growth of
enamel rods was significantly reduced which led to
hypomineralization.
A tooth
enamel abnormality in children, molar incisor
hypomineralization (MIH), may result from exposure to the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), authors of a new study conclude after finding similar damage to the dental
enamel of rats that received BPA.
What will surprise many is that dental fluorosis, the term for
hypomineralization of tooth
enamel caused by excessive fluoride during
enamel formation, is actually a result of thyroid function.