Medical Definitions of Fluorosis Fluorosis Abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of fluorine, manifested mainly by mottling of the enamel

of the teeth. The Harper Collins Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 1993. Fluorosis is fluorine toxicity characterized by mottling of dental enamel and by skeletal changes. The Oxford Medical Companion, 1994. Fluorosis The long-term effects of the ingestion of excessive amounts of dietary fluoride. These may include chronic endemic dental fluorosis (mottled enamel) and osteosclerosis. Dental fluorosis Mottled enamel form excess ingestion of fluoride from any source. International Dictionary of Medicine and Biology, 1986 Fluorosis Condition resulting from excessive intake of fluorine, usually from too high concentrations in drinking water: it causes discoloration and pitting of tooth enamel in children and bone and joint changes in adults. Barrons Medical Guide Dictionary of Medical Terms, Third Edition, 1994. Fluorosis A condition caused by an excessive intake of fluorides in drinking water, characterized mainly by mottling of the enamel of the teeth, although the skeletal bones are also affected. Websters New World Stedmans Concise Medical Dictionary, 1987. Fluorosis A condition due to exposure to excessive amount of fluorine or its compounds. Fluoride intoxication may occur as a result of such factors as accidental ingestion of fluoride containing insecticides and rodenticides, chronic inhalation of industrial dusts or gases containing fluorides, or prolonged ingestion of water containing large amounts of fluorides; it is characterized by skeletal changes, consisting of combined osteosclerosis and ostoemalacia (osteofluorosis) and by mottled enamel (q.v.) of the teeth when exposure occurs during enamel formation. A similar condition is seen in cattle, sheep, and other livestock, and is due to the same factors that cause intoxication in humans and also to ingestion of animal feed containing toxic levels of fluorides and grazing on pastures contaminated with fluorides in industrial dusts or gases. Called also chronic endemic f. and chronic fluoride, or fluorine poisoning. Dorlands Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 30th Edition, 2000. Fluorosis Chronic fluorine poisoning, sometimes marked by mottling of tooth enamel. It may result from excessive exposure to fluorides from dietary, waterborne and supplemental sources. Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Edition 20, 2001. Fluorosis Chronic fluoride poisoning. A chronic low-level intoxication that occurs where the drinking water has fluoride in excess of 2 ppm. Current Med Talk A Dictionary of Medical Terms, Slang & Jargon, 1995. Fluorosis A condition due to ingestion of excessive amounts of fluorine or its compounds. Dental f. An enamel hypoplasia resulting from prolonged ingestion of drinking water containing high levels of fluoride, manifested by a mottled discoloration of the teeth. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Allied Health, Fifth Edition. Fluorosis An abnormal condition caused by excessive intake of fluorine, as from fluoridated drinking water, characterized chiefly by mottling of the teeth. The American Heritage Stedmans Medical Dictionary, 1995. Fluorosis An abnormal condition (as mottled enamel of human teeth) caused by fluorine or its compounds. Merriam Websters Medical Desk Dictionary, 1993. Fluorosis is a cosmetic, not a health, problem. Judith Hartner, M.D., M.P.H. Director, Lee County Health Department, Lee County, Florida. July 18, 1997 Fluoridation Position Paper.