| mottled enamel |
a chronic endemic form of hypoplasia of the dental enamel 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. Called also dental fluorosis and mottled teeth.
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| mottled e. |
a chronic endemic form of hypoplasia of the dental enamel caused by drinking water with a high fluorine content when a child is in the time of tooth formation. It is characterized by defective calcification that gives a white chalky appearance to the enamel, which gradually undergoes brown discoloration. Called also dental fluorosis and mottled teeth.
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| mottled teeth |
see under enamel.
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