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[Quantitative analysis of thirty-one elements in the stained dental fluorosis of enamel]
1Department of Stomatology, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001.
Objective:
To study the relationship between concentrations of thirty elements and fluorine element in teeth with stained dental fluorosis from high fluoride water area and teeth from normal fluoride area.
Methods:
The concentration of thirty-one elements in 43 teeth was measured by plasmatron spectrographic analysis and fluoride selective electrode.
Results:
1. Content of F, P, Ca, Mn, As, Se, Al, Ti, Mo, B elements in enamel had a direct relationship to severity of enamel staining. 2. Content of Mn, As, Se, Sr, Nb, Ca, P elements were high positively related to content of fluorine in enamel (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Mn, As, Se, F content is closely related to the pigment formation in dental fluorosis of enamel.
