Abstract

Dental fluorosis is a special enamel dysplasia caused by excessive intake of fluoride during tooth development and mineralization...

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  • Dental fluorosis is a special enamel dysplasia caused by excessive intake of fluoride during tooth development and mineralization

  • Because peroxide just can remove the superficial layer of staining, bleaching has not been advocated as a sole treatment of moderate or severe dental fluorosis [4]

  • The patients were randomized into two treatment groups using a simple randomization process: the patients in group 1 received enamel microabrasion combined with in-office bleaching

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Introduction

Dental fluorosis is a special enamel dysplasia caused by excessive intake of fluoride during tooth development and mineralization. It is the most common and prominent symptom in the early stage of chronic fluorosis. There are some patients who do not require a complete change of stained tooth surface because they cannot pay so much money for the porcelain veneer or they don’t want to remove too much enamel. They may prefer to accept bleaching as their treatment method. Whether bleaching can improve the stained dental fluorosis is unclear

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