Aesthetic management of fluorosis
A case report
Keywords:
dental fluorosis, microabrasion, professional dentalAbstract
With increasing awareness and aesthetic concerns, the number of people seeking professional dental help for improvement in the appearance of their dentitions and for smile makeovers are on rise. Dental fluorosis, tetracycline staining, localised and chronological hypoplasia, and both amelogenesis and dentinogenesis imperfecta can all produce a cosmetically unsatisfactory dentition. The aetiology of intrinsic discolouration of enamel may sometimes be deduced from the patient's history, and one factor long associated with the problem has been a high level of fluoride intake. Optimal use of topical fluorides leads to a decrease in the caries prevalence but may show an increase in the prevalence of fluorosis staining because of metabolic alterations in the ameloblasts, causing a defective matrix formation and improper calcification. A 28 yr female patient was screened at the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics at desh bhagat dental college, mandi gobindgarh, Punjab. She wanted us to remove and/or minimise the noticeable brown/yellow staining of his teeth. She requested the least invasive and most cost-effective treatment to change his smile. Various treatment modalities are present for the treatment of fluorosis stains. This report discusses the microabrasion technique in the patient having dental fluorosis.
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