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Neurology of endemic skeletal fluorosis [PDF]

Neurology India, 2009
Endemic skeletal fluorosis is widely prevalent in India and is a major public health problem. The first ever report of endemic skeletal fluorosis and neurological manifestation was from Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh in the year 1937. Epidemiological and experimental studies in the endemic areas suggest the role of temperate climate, hard physical
Reddy, D. Raja
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Neglected health literacy undermining fluorosis control efforts: A pilot study among schoolchildren in an endemic village of rural Rajasthan, India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Background: Ingestion of excess fluoride can cause fluorosis which adversely affects teeth and bones. Fluorosis is a major public health problem in the state of Rajasthan with all its 32 districts having variable fluoride contamination, and many ...
Neeti Rustagi, Ajey Singh Rathore, Jitendra Kumar Meena, Ankita Chugh, Ranabir Pal   +4 more
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Prevalence of Fluorosis in Endemic Area of Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh: A Pilot Epidemiological Survey

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
Background A long-term excess of fluoride ingestion from drinking water, food substances, and industrial pollution may result in fluorosis, a public health hazard.
Vinay Kumar Gupta, Gaurav Mishra, Atrey J. Pai Khot, Seema Malhotra, Nishita Kankane   +4 more
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Fluoride as a Modifier of Metallome Homeostasis: A Systematic Review of Animal Studies. [PDF]

Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol
ABSTRACT Fluoride is widely used for caries prevention due to its effects on mineralized tissues, yet its potential role as a modifier of systemic metal homeostasis remains insufficiently explored. This systematic review synthesizes preclinical evidence on the association between fluoride exposure and changes in metal and semi‐metal concentrations ...
Macedo-Ribeiro N, Tostes-Figueiredo J, Barbirato DDS, Porto IM, Gomes EB, Flores EMM, Buzalaf MAR, Barbosa F, Gerlach RF.   +8 more
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Prevalence of dental fluorosis and treatment needs among 11-14 years old school children in endemic fluoride areas of Haryana, India

Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2021
Introduction: Dental fluorosis is a major endemic oral disease characterized by hypo mineralization of enamel caused due to consumption of water containing high concentration of fluoride during developmental stages of teeth. Aim: To assess the prevalence
Radhey Shyam, B C Manjunath, Adarsh Kumar, Ridhi Narang, Geeta Rani, Saumya Singh   +5 more
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Endemic skeletal fluorosis [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1971
Endemic skeletal fluorosis is described in 6 children aged 11 or over. Four cases were crippled with severe deformities in the spine, hips, and knees. All showed positive phosphorus, magnesium, and nitrogen balances and excessively positive calcium balances.
M, Teotia, S P, Teotia, K B, Kunwar
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Study Of Prevalence of Fluorosis in Endemic Village of Kankar District of Chhattisgarh State, India

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2014
Background: Endemic fluorosis is an important public health problem in certain pockets of Chhattisgarh. Fluorosis is caused by exposure to a continuous high level of fluoride for a long time leads to dental and skeletal deformities.
Sunil V Gitte, K M Kamble, Ramanath N Sabat   +2 more
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Probing the Biological Plausibility of Fluoride as an Endocrine Disruptor. [PDF]

Birth Defects Res
ABSTRACT Background Fluoride has come under recent scrutiny regarding concerns over potential neurodevelopmental and endocrine‐related toxicities, with recent reviews by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluding with moderate or reasonable confidence, respectively, that exposure to drinking water having ...
Mudd AM, Ovando BJ, Daston GP.
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Are there associations between the occurrence of dental fluorosis and the experience of dentine hypersensitivity? A cross-sectional study

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2022
Objectives: Associations between the occurrence of dentine hypersensitivity (DH) and dental fluorosis (DF) have been suggested. Testing this association requires studies among populations with both conditions.
Paul Ikhodaro Idon, Oluwafeyisayo Francis Ikusika, Olawale Akeem Sotunde, Temiloluwa Olawale Ogundare   +3 more
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Pediatric Dental Fluorosis and Its Correlation with Dental Caries and Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study among Preschool Children Living in Belagavi

Children, 2023
Aim: This study aims to assess the prevalence of dental fluorosis and its association with dental caries, oral health behaviors, oral-health-related quality of life and parents’ perceptions among preschool children in the 3–5-year-old preschool children ...
Vaibhav Kumar, Ridhima Gaunkar, Jasleen Thakker, Anil V. Ankola, Mamata Iranna Hebbal, Atrey J. Pai Khot, Virinder Goyal, Amel Ali, Elzahraa Eldwakhly   +8 more
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