The Study of Prevalence Rate of Dental Fluorosis among Students in Bahar City in 1998-99

• Main Author: Amir Eskandarlou
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences 2001-03-01
• Series: پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا
• Subjects: mottled enamel - epidemiology / students / water
• Online Access: http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-909-en.html
• ISSN: 2588-722X; 2588-7238

The   aim   of   this   study   was   to   evaluate the rate of fluorosis among    students of intermediate schools in Bahar city in 1998-99.          We   examined   2502   students , 1247   girls   and 1255  boys aged 12-15    years old. The type of the fluorosis determined by the use of Dean’s index.          The   results   of   this   study   showed  that  total rate of fluorosis was 24.5    Percent, 24.8% in girls  and 24.1% in boys. 1.1%  had  moderate fluorosis and    4.8% had  mild  fluorosis  and  11.3%  had  very  mild   fluorosis and 7.3% had    doubtful , none  of  the children had sever dental fluorosis. Among different    tooth a maxillary central incisor was the most affected one and mandibular    lateral incisor was the least one.          Although    the   prevalence   of fluorosis was 24.5% in studied cases, but    according to FCI index it is not a communitry health problem.