Dental Fluorosis in an Area of Kenya with 2 ppm Fluoride in the Drinking Water
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 65 (5), 659-662
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345860650050501
Abstract
We examined 102 children born and reared in an area of rural Kenya with 2 ppm fluoride in the drinking water for dental fluorosis, using the index developed by Thylstrup and Fejerskov (1978). The prevalence of dental fluorosis was 100%, 92% of all teeth exhibited a TFI score of 4 or higher, and 50% of the children had pitting or more severe enamel damage in at least half the teeth present. The fluorotic changes showed a high degree of bilateral symmetry. The intra-oral distribution of the changes corresponded to the pattern of fluoride-induced enamel changes reported by other investigators in high-fluoride areas. The high prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis in a 2-ppm-fluoride area is in accordance with recent observations on dental fluorosis being very prevalent in Kenya, even in low-fluoride areas (This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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