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MeSH Heading: Fluorosis, Dental
Tree Number(s): C07.650.800.295.500.500; C07.793.700.295.500.500; C16.131.850.800.295.500.500
Unique ID: D009050
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009050
Annotation: do not confuse with TOOTH DISCOLORATION
Scope Note: A chronic endemic form of ENAMEL HYPOMINERALIZATION caused by drinking water with a high fluorine content during the time of tooth formation, and characterized by defective calcification that gives a white chalky appearance to the enamel, which gradually undergoes brown discoloration. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p286)
Entry Version: FLUOROSIS DENT
Entry Term(s): Dental Fluoroses; Dental Fluorosis; Fluoroses, Dental; Mottled Enamel
NLM Classification #: WU 220
Public MeSH Note: 97; was MOTTLED ENAMEL 1965-96; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL was see MOTTLED ENAMEL 1987-96
History Note: 97; was MOTTLED ENAMEL 1965-96; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL was see MOTTLED ENAMEL 1987-96
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/05/23

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0014119
Scope Note: A chronic endemic form of ENAMEL HYPOMINERALIZATION caused by drinking water with a high fluorine content during the time of tooth formation, and characterized by defective calcification that gives a white chalky appearance to the enamel, which gradually undergoes brown discoloration. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p286)
Terms: Fluorosis, Dental Preferred Term
Term UI T027034
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1965); Fluoroses, Dental
Term UI T027037
Date01/26/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Dental Fluoroses
Term UI T027036
Date01/26/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Dental Fluorosis
Term UI T027033
Date09/19/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Mottled Enamel
Term UI T027035
Date09/19/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997)

Fluorosis, Dental MeSH Descriptor Data 2023