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Journal of Orofacial Orthopedics / Fortschritte der Kieferorthopädie
Article . 2001 . Peer-reviewed
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Tablet Fluoridation Influences the Calcification of Primary Tooth Pulp

Authors: E A, Holtgrave; W, Hopfenmüller; S, Ammar;

Tablet Fluoridation Influences the Calcification of Primary Tooth Pulp

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the influence of long-term tablet fluoridation on primary pulp calcification by light microscopy. Twenty-four caries-free primary molars (after continuous postpartally initiated 1- to 10-year tablet fluoridation) were compared to 17 primary molars of children without fluoride prophylaxis. Pulp calcification in children with tablet fluoridation was significantly more frequent and more pronounced than in untreated children (p = 0.001). Besides the known pulp stones, the prophylaxis group evidenced a special form of calcification consisting of fibrodentin-like hard tissue not observed in the untreated children. These hard tissue bodies developed "intramurally" on the pulp floor and the inside of the dental roots with an irregular extramural spread into the coronal and radicular pulp by displacement and fibrotization of the pulp tissue. Moreover, some of the teeth had more or less extensive areas of interglobular dentin. The affected teeth were ankylosed in the area of the bi- and trifurcation and on the inside of the roots and were thus infra-occluded. Although the duration of tablet fluoridation has no statistically significant influence on pulp calcification, there is a correlation between extensive pulp calcification, postnatally initiated fluoride prophylaxis and the infraocclusion of primary molars.

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Male, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Fluorosis, Dental, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Molar, Child, Preschool, Fluoridation, Dental Pulp Calcification, Humans, Dental Enamel Hypoplasia, Female, Tooth, Deciduous, Child, Dental Pulp, Follow-Up Studies

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