Fluorosis, Dental

**Definition:** 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)

**Tree numbers:** - C07.650.800.295.500.500 - C07.793.700.295.500.500 - C16.131.850.800.295.500.500

**Synonyms:** - Dental Fluorosis - Dental Fluoroses - Fluoroses, Dental