Chapter 11 - Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)»Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14)»Mottled teeth (K00.3)

K00.3

Mottled teeth

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Fluorosis, Dental5 drugs (4 approved, 1 experimental)

A chronic endemic form of ENAMEL HYPOMINERALIZATION caused by drinking water with a high fluorine content during the time of tooth formation, and characterized by defective calcification that gives a white chalky appearance to the enamel, which gradually undergoes brown discoloration. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p286)