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I. SCHOUR, D.D.S., PH.D.; HENRY G. PONCHER, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1937;54(4):757-776.

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Recent findings on the effect of fluorosis on the growing teeth of lower animals paved the way for this quantitative study of the rate of apposition of human enamel and dentin.

REVIEW OF THE DENTAL EFFECTS OF FLUOROSIS

Historical Summary.—For many years a type of hypoplasia of the enamel known as mottled enamel was a challenging problem to members of the dental profession. The condition was endemic and characterized by a destructive chalky opacity and pitting of the enamel. Black and McKay,¹ in 1916, first attempted to elucidate the underlying cause of this dental defect, and they were instrumental in initiating the large amount of research that followed. In 1931 Churchill suggested and Smith and her associates² established by experiments on animals that chronic fluoride intoxication was the direct cause of mottled teeth.

Churchill arrived at his discovery by a direct approach, when he analyzed the water . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Histology, University of Illinois College of Dentistry, and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, and the Research and Educational Hospital.

Footnotes
This investigation was aided by a grant from the Graduate Research Board of the University of Illinois and from Mead Johnson & Co.

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