Dental fluorosis

Introduction Community water fluoridation is the process of regulated supplementation of fluoride to public water supplies in order to reduce the prevalence of dental caries (1). World Oral Health Report 2003 identified dental caries as a key public health issue in a majority of industrialized countries, where 60-90% of schoolchildren and the majority of adults are affected (2). The World Health Organization recognizes water fluoridation as one of the most cost-effective methods of distributing…

state that it is true that dental fluorosis can be caused when more then the optimal amount of fluoride is consumed, but this can only happen during enamel formation, which is from the time of birth to about age five. As long as parents monitor the amount of fluoride their child is consuming, there is no need to worry after the enamel formation has ended, even if more than the optimal amount has been consumed (28). Even when an individual somehow manages to get fluorosis, it it usually very mild…

often found in tea and sea food. Nevertheless, it’s common sources are water, rocks, soils as well as the sea. This essay seeks to examine the negative impacts of fluoride. To begin, fluorine causes detrimental effects on the teeth by causing dental fluorosis, which was first noted by McKay in 1901 in the United States of America. However, the aetiology of this defect had not been established at the time. According to the findings from the 21 city study by Dr. Trendley-Dean, a researcher and a…

Dental Caries is the most common chronic disease which presents globally in children (Gussy et al., 2006) and is predominantly diet related (Selwitz et al., 2007).Caries initiates as a white spot lesion and if untreated can result in destruction of the crown of the tooth (Ramos et al., 2012). In the last fifteen years, the detection and non-invasive treatment of early carious lesions became a topic of interest in caries research (Ismail et al., 2013). Fluoride is currently proven and in use in…

prevent Candida stomatitis. There are few differences in oral hygiene for different age groups. Children shouldn’t be using mouthwash before they reach the age of six as the mouthwash containing fluoride and too much fluoride in childhood can cause fluorosis. Child usually develops ability…

to a level of 1 ppm as a dental caries aversion measure. Nonetheless, water fluoridation remains a disputable general wellbeing measure. The article reviews the importance of Fluoride and the effects on human health. Fluoride is used widely in dentistry to help fight dental carries (cavities) in patients. “It is widely accepted that fluoride only helps prevent dental decay by topical means—by direct action on the tooth enamel predominantly after eruption and dental plaque.” (Centers for…

Everyday children are suffering from pain caused by dental caries. This decaying of teeth is the most common chronic illness among children and prevention is vital to their development. Fluoride varnish is a topical 5% sodium fluoride concentration applied to the surface of teeth twice a year in hopes to prevent these cavities. (Moyer, 2014) The purpose of this paper was to determine if fluoride varnish treatments are successful in the prevention of dental caries in children. Pediatric…

TITLE OF THE STUDY: MINIMIZING CALCIUM LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH DENTAL BLEACHING Introduction The appearance of teeth plays a significant role in human personality development and is often related with a perception of health and fitness. White and bright teeth are thought to be linked with health and beauty, so everybody wishes to have them. Presently, cosmetic dentistry is a dynamic part of restorative dental practice and cosmetic procedures are increasing in demand without age and gender…

equipment failed? a) Dental chair We are testing chair practically every day when we are switching chair on. If the chair is not moving we checked the main switch on the side at the bottom, if the pressure is on in bottle with water for procedures and if the switch over the table with computer is on. If all is on and chair is still not working, we let know our lead nurse as soon as possible and she will contact DGB company who does maintenance and repair for our dental surgery. Dental chair is…

questions below. Cut/paste the questions into your discussion post, and then provide your response: 1. List 5 procedures that dental hygienists are allowed to perform? What types of procedures are prohibited? (note: use the “Statutes” section for this). Dental hygienists, that are legally licensed are allowed to perform procedures on their own such as: exposing and processing dental radiographs, prophylaxis, scaling, root planning and closed subgingival curettage. They can perform certain…