Dental Fluorosis
Dental Flourosis
Hypospadias is a special cavity in the teeth caused by excessive and prolonged ingestion of fluoride GV Black and F. McKay, first described under the term ” enamel mottling a type of hypoplasia of the enamel. Although it is known that there were earlier references in literature, Black and McKay acknowledged that this injury has a geographic distribution and even suggested that it was caused by a substance that contains water, but it was not until 1930-40 that showed that the agent was causal fluoruroEtiología
It is now known that ingestion of drinking water containing fluoride during tooth formation time can lead to mottled enamel. The intensity of the speckle increases with the amount of fluoride containing water, Thus, there is a minimum mottled little clinical significance when the water has a lower level of 0.9 to 1 parts per million of fluoride to become more noticeable when the level is higher.
Pathogenesis hypoplasia is due to the disruption suffered by amel Read the rest of this entry »
Amoxicillin can cause dental fluorosis
Amoxicillin is a synthetic penicillin used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria sensitive to penicillin (such as throat infections, nose and ears, lower respiratory tract infections, genitourinary infections without urological complications, skin infections and soft tissue infections odontostomatological …). It is very common to prescribe to children with ear infections and other bacterial diseases.
A study published in Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, warning of the danger of prescribing amoxicillin to infants, the risk of injury to the enamel (dental fluorosis).
In this study, 579 infants and were followed from birth to 32 months. The results indicated that 75% of children had taken amoxicillin at 12 months of age, while the percentage rose to 91% when asked at 32 months. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dental fluorosis
Dental fluorosis is the dental enamel hypomineralization increased porosity.
Is due to excessive fluoride intake during enamel development before eruption.
The period of greatest risk in which fluorosis may occur in the anterior teeth is between one and a half and 3 years of age. At this age children do not fully understand the act of brushing your teeth and spit, usually the child swallows the mix by increasing the daily dose of fluoride for their age.
The child gets fluoride through food, water, toothpaste and vitamin supplements.
In the mild dental fluorosis are streaks or lines across the tooth surface.
In moderate dental fluorosis, the teeth are highly resistant to decay but are opaque white spots.
Severe dental fluorosis in the enamel is brittle and can be very visible brown spots on the teeth.
Excess fluoride in the first two years of life cause fluorosis in permanent teeth that usually come from 7 years of age.
For you are well
If you have children under two or three years, we suggest you brush your teeth with just water.
The amount of toothpaste you should use in young children is minimal (equivalent to the size of a pea).
After brushing your teeth, try to spit out all the liquid you have in your mouth to create in it the reflection of spit.
Do not give any medicines that contain fluoride if prescribed by your doctor.
It’s a mistake to believe that the more fluoride fewer cavities will be presented.
Take your child to the dentist at least once a year, so he will grow up with healthy teeth and not be afraid of the dentist.
Fluorosis
Fluorosis is caused by excessive and prolonged intake of fluoride, and causes changes in bone and teeth.
To minimize the risk, the dose to use should be between 0.05 and 0.07 mg. per kilogram of body weight and assess whether they are getting fluoride from other sources.
There may be an acute poisoning by accidental ingestion of insecticides or rodenticides with fluoride salts that can cause death.
However, the most frequent chronic intoxication with small amounts of fluoride, which causes dental fluorosis. Because of this excess fluoride stained teeth appear.