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fluorosis
excessive fluoride intake
- drinking water with fluoride concentration >8 ppm (several cases in Spain)
- agricultural or industrial contamination (Texas, Arizona)
clinical finding:
- mottling of teeth enamel
xray findings:
- thickening of bony trabecular pattern
- best seen in vertebral bodies
- progresses to dense uniform symmetrical sclerosis that obliterates bony architectural landmarks
- marked periosteal proliferation
- ligamentous calcification (esp. sacrospinous, sacrotuberous ligaments)
Brian Funaki, MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
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