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Wen C, Zhang Q, Xie F, Jiang J. Brick tea consumption and its relationship with fluorosis in Tibetan areas. Front Nutr 2022; 9:1030344. [PMID: 36583212 PMCID: PMC9792988 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1030344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Brick tea-type fluorosis (BTF) due to a high intake of brick tea is possible in Tibetan populations, and dental fluorosis (DF) and skeletal fluorosis (SF) are its primary manifestations. To determine the prevalence of DF and SF and their relationships with brick tea intake in Tibetan populations, a literature review was conducted for studies published between 1994 and 2021. The available evidence revealed that brick tea may be produced from older stems and leaves of the tea plant and that the fluoride content of brick tea exceeds the national standard. The harsh environment of the plateau has led to limited food sources for the local Tibetan people who form the habit of drinking tea leaves as a satiation solution to digest greasy food and replenish vitamins, and regular consumption of brick tea leads to excessive exposure of Tibetan residents to fluoride. Studies in Tibet showed that the prevalence of DF in children was 14.06-75.93% in different districts, and the overall pooled prevalence of DF was 26.08%. The prevalence of SF in adults was 19.90-74.77% in different Tibetan districts, and the overall pooled prevalence of SF was 33.84%. The analysis of risk factors showed that the prevalence of BTF may be related to high-altitude and different working and living conditions, and BTF in children may be associated with fluoride intake during mothers' pregnancy and lactation. With the development of bioinformatics research, gene polymorphisms were suspected to be related to susceptibility to fluorosis in Tibetan populations. The study of BTF in Tibetan people needs to be further investigated and standardized, and additional studies evaluating the pathogenesis and preventive measures of BTF are warranted.
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- Cai Wen
- Department of Oral Implantology, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,Department of VIP Dental Service, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,Luzhou Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,*Correspondence: Cai Wen, ; orcid.org/0000-0002-3400-5382
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- Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Luzhou Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,School of Stomatology, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Luzhou Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,School of Stomatology, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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Effects of SNPs in SOD2 and SOD3 interacted with fluoride exposure on the susceptibility of dental fluorosis. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2021; 239:113879. [PMID: 34758947 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A total of 649 children aged 7-13 years of age were recruited in a cross-sectional study in Tongxu County, China (2017) to assess the effects of interaction between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in SOD2 and SOD3 gene and fluoride exposure on dental fluorosis (DF) status. Associations between biomarkers and DF status were evaluated. Logistic regression suggested that the risk of DF in children with rs10370 GG genotype and rs5746136 TT genotype was 1.89-fold and 1.72-fold than that in children with TT/CC genotype, respectively. Increased T-SOD activity was associated with a lower risk of DF (OR = 0.99). The rs2855262*rs10370*UF model was regarded as the optimal interaction model in generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction analyses. Our findings suggested that rs4880 and rs10370 might be useful genetic markers for DF, and there might be interactions among rs10370 in SOD2, rs2855262 in SOD3, and fluoride exposure on DF status.
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Torres-Méndez F, Martinez-Castañon GA, Torres-Gallegos I, Zavala-Alonso NV, Patiño-Marin N, Niño-Martínez N, Ruiz F. Effects of silver nanoparticles on the bonding of three adhesive systems to fluorotic enamel. Dent Mater J 2017; 36:266-274. [PMID: 28154313 DOI: 10.4012/dmj.2015-299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The objective was to evaluate the effect of adding silver nanoparticles into three commercial adhesive systems (Excite™, Adper Prompt L-Pop™ and AdheSE™). Nanoparticles were prepared by a chemical method then mixed with the commercial adhesive systems. This was later applied to the fluorotic enamel, and then micro-tensile bond strength, contact angle measurements and scanning electron microscopy observations were conducted. The commercial adhesive systems achieved the lowest micro-tensile bond strength (Excite™: 11.0±2.1, Adper Prompt L-Pop™: 14.0±5.4 and AdheSE™: 16.0±3.0 MPa) with the highest adhesive failure mode related with the highest contact angle (46.0±0.6º, 30.0±0.5º and 28.0±0.4º respectively). The bond strength achieved in all the experimental adhesive systems (19.0±5.4, 20.0±4.0 and 19.0±3.5 MPa respectively) was statistically higher (p<0.05) than the control and showed the highest cohesive failures related to the lowest contact angle. Adding silver nanoparticles in order to decrease the contact angle improve the adhesive system wetting and its bond strength.
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- Dental Science, Faculty of Dentistry, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí.,Engineering and Materials Science, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
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- Dental Science, Faculty of Dentistry, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
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- Science Faculty, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
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Mihalaş E, Matricala L, Chelmuş A, Gheţu N, Petcu A, Paşca S. The Role of Chronic Exposure to Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid on the Developmental Enamel Defects in Mice. Toxicol Pathol 2015; 44:61-70. [DOI: 10.1177/0192623315610822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Amoxicillin used in early childhood may be associated with enamel hypomineralization. Our aim was to assess disturbances of amelogenesis in mice lower incisors induced by chronic administration of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (AMC). Twenty-eight C57BL/6 male mice, of similar age, randomly divided into a control and 3 treatment groups ( n = 7) received subcutaneous injection, once per day, for 60 days: 50, 100, and 150 mg/kg BW of AMC. Scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis in AMC treatment groups showed higher content in F and a decrease in P and Ca. Morphology changes ranged from scratched patterns, and small isolated pits-like enamel loss, to generalized demineralized enamel surface, giving a rough, foamy, scaly, or even cracked eggshell appearance to the affected areas. Histological analysis showed disturbances of maturation ameloblasts, which were less organized, with increased amounts of clear vacuoles in the cytoplasm and slightly more elongated and less condensed nucleus. Additionally, they were often detached from the enamel matrix. Transitional ameloblasts formed underlying the cysts of varied sizes. In conclusion, AMC dose-dependently affect ameloblast functions especially in the maturation phase, causing hypomineralized enamel formation with quantitative and/or qualitative defects.
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- Eugeniu Mihalaş
- Department of Pedodontics, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Romania
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- “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Regional Oncology Institute, Iasi, Romania
- Center for Simulation and Training in Surgery, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Regional Oncology Institute, Iasi, Romania
- Center for Simulation and Training in Surgery, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Pedodontics, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Pathology, “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Iasi, Romania
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Yang T, Zhang Y, Zheng D, Hao Y, Snead ML, Duan X. High-fluoride promoted phagocytosis-induced apoptosis in a matured ameloblast-like cell line. Arch Oral Biol 2015; 60:84-90. [PMID: 25260155 PMCID: PMC4469496 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 08/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Endocytosis and phagocytosis are important physiologic activities occurring during ameloblast differentiation. We have previously found that excess fluoride inhibited ameloblasts endocytotic functions. Here, we hypothesized that increasing amounts of fluoride may affect ameloblast phagocytotic function during their differentiation. Using cell culture, we first induced maturation of the mouse ameloblast-like LS8 cells by treatment with exogenous retinoic acid (RA) and dexamethasone (DEX). We measured their phagocytotic activity by fluorescent microscopy using a live cell visualization station. We found that ameloblast-like LS8 cells matured with RA/DEX treatment and the increasing amounts of fluoride demonstrated the up-regulated expression of the phagocytotic marker proteins, LAMP1 and CD68. A connection between phagocytosis and apoptosis was confirmed by the increased number of phagocytotic vacuole-like structures and the heterochromatin margination phenomenon observed in the RA/DEX with NaF treatment group. The increase in albumin uptake by ameloblasts was confirmed using whole organ culture of incisor tooth germs. Here, in fluoride treated tooth germs, mature canonical ameloblasts showed greater amounts of albumin uptake, which was accompanied by decreased expression of the anti-apoptosis marker, Bcl-2 along with up-regulated expression of CD68. From these observations, we inferred that high doses of fluoride may cause apoptosis by increasing the phagocytosis of protein particles in mature-stage ameloblasts and loss of Bcl-2 signals might be involved in this process.
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- Ting Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Oral Biology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 145 Changle West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Oral Biology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 145 Changle West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Oral Biology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 145 Changle West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Oral Biology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 145 Changle West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, PR China
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Division of Biomedical Sciences, CSA 142, Health Sciences Campus, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, University of Southern California, 2250 Alcazar Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Oral Biology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 145 Changle West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, PR China.
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High amounts of fluoride induce apoptosis/cell death in matured ameloblast-like LS8 cells by downregulating Bcl-2. Arch Oral Biol 2013; 58:1165-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2013.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Revised: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Lyaruu DM, Vermeulen L, Stienen N, Bervoets TJM, Denbesten PK, Bronckers ALJJ. Enamel pits in hamster molars, formed by a single high fluoride dose, are associated with a perturbation of transitional stage ameloblasts. Caries Res 2012; 46:575-80. [PMID: 22947666 DOI: 10.1159/000341802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Excessive intake of fluoride (F) by young children results in the formation of enamel subsurface porosities and pits, called enamel fluorosis. In this study, we used a single high dose of F administered to hamster pups to determine the stage of ameloblasts most affected by F and whether pit formation was related to F-related sub-ameloblastic cyst formation. Hamster pups received a single subcutaneous injection of either 20 mg or 40 mg NaF/kg body weight, were sacrificed 24 h later, and the number of cysts formed in the first molars were counted. Other pups were sacrificed 8 days after F injection, when the first molars had just erupted, to score for enamel defects. All F-injected pups formed enamel defects in the upper half of the cusps in a dose-dependent way. After injection of 20 mg NaF/kg, an average of 2.5 white spots per molar was found but no pits. At 40 mg NaF/kg, almost 4.5 spots per molar were counted as well as 2 pits per molar. The defects in erupted enamel were located in the upper half of the cusps, sites where cysts had formed at the transition stage of ameloblast differentiation. These results suggest that transitional ameloblasts, located between secretory- and maturation-stage ameloblasts, are most sensitive to the effects of a single high dose of F. F-induced cysts formed earlier at the pre-secretory stage were not correlated to either white spots or enamel pits, suggesting that damaged ameloblasts overlying a F-induced cyst regenerate and continue to form enamel.
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- D M Lyaruu
- Department of Oral Cell Biology, ACTA, University of Amsterdam and VU University of Amsterdam, MOVE-Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fluoride inhibits the response of bone cells to mechanical loading. Odontology 2011; 99:112-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s10266-011-0013-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2010] [Accepted: 12/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Fate of fluoride-induced subameloblastic cysts in developing hamster molar tooth germs. Arch Oral Biol 2011; 56:238-43. [PMID: 21277565 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Revised: 09/20/2010] [Accepted: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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White opacities and pits are developmental defects in enamel caused by high intake of fluoride (F) during amelogenesis. We tested the hypothesis that these enamel pits develop at locations where F induces the formation of sub-ameloblastic cysts. We followed the fate of these cysts during molar development over time. Mandibles from hamster pups injected with 20mg NaF/kg at postnatal day 4 were excised from 1h after injection till shortly after tooth eruption, 8 days later. Tissues were histologically processed and cysts located and measured. Cysts were formed at early secretory stage and transitional stage of amelogenesis and detected as early 1h after injection. The number of cysts increased from 1 to almost 4 per molar during the first 16h post-injection. The size of the cysts was about the same, i.e., 0.46±0.29×10(6)μm(3) at 2h and 0.50±0.35×10(7)μm(3) at 16h post-injection. By detachment of the ameloblasts the forming enamel surface below the cyst was cell-free for the first 16h post-injection. With time new ameloblasts repopulated and covered the enamel surface in the cystic area. Three days after injection all cysts had disappeared and the integrity of the ameloblastic layer restored. After eruption, white opaque areas with intact enamel surface were found occlusally at similar anatomical locations as late secretory stage cysts were seen pre-eruptively. We conclude that at this moderate F dose, the opaque sub-surface defects with intact surface enamel (white spots) are the consequence of the fluoride-induced cystic lesions formed earlier under the late secretory-transitional stage ameloblasts.
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Everett ET. Fluoride's effects on the formation of teeth and bones, and the influence of genetics. J Dent Res 2010; 90:552-60. [PMID: 20929720 DOI: 10.1177/0022034510384626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Fluorides are present in the environment. Excessive systemic exposure to fluorides can lead to disturbances of bone homeostasis (skeletal fluorosis) and enamel development (dental/enamel fluorosis). The severity of dental fluorosis is also dependent upon fluoride dose and the timing and duration of fluoride exposure. Fluoride's actions on bone cells predominate as anabolic effects both in vitro and in vivo. More recently, fluoride has been shown to induce osteoclastogenesis in mice. Fluorides appear to mediate their actions through the MAPK signaling pathway and can lead to changes in gene expression, cell stress, and cell death. Different strains of inbred mice demonstrate differential physiological responses to ingested fluoride. Genetic studies in mice are capable of identifying and characterizing fluoride-responsive genetic variations. Ultimately, this can lead to the identification of at-risk human populations who are susceptible to the unwanted or potentially adverse effects of fluoride action and to the elucidation of fundamental mechanisms by which fluoride affects biomineralization.
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- E T Everett
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 228 Brauer Hall, CB# 7450, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Bronckers ALJJ, Lyaruu DM, DenBesten PK. The impact of fluoride on ameloblasts and the mechanisms of enamel fluorosis. J Dent Res 2009; 88:877-93. [PMID: 19783795 DOI: 10.1177/0022034509343280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Intake of excess amounts of fluoride during tooth development cause enamel fluorosis, a developmental disturbance that makes enamel more porous. In mild fluorosis, there are white opaque striations across the enamel surface, whereas in more severe cases, the porous regions increase in size, with enamel pitting, and secondary discoloration of the enamel surface. The effects of fluoride on enamel formation suggest that fluoride affects the enamel-forming cells, the ameloblasts. Studies investigating the effects of fluoride on ameloblasts and the mechanisms of fluorosis are based on in vitro cultures as well as animal models. The use of these model systems requires a biologically relevant fluoride dose, and must be carefully interpreted in relation to human tooth formation. Based on these studies, we propose that fluoride can directly affect the ameloblasts, particularly at high fluoride levels, while at lower fluoride levels, the ameloblasts may respond to local effects of fluoride on the mineralizing matrix. A new working model is presented, focused on the assumption that fluoride increases the rate of mineral formation, resulting in a greater release of protons into the forming enamel matrix.
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- A L J J Bronckers
- Department of Oral Cell Biology, ACTA, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Research Institute MOVE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Witzel C, Kierdorf U, Schultz M, Kierdorf H. Insights from the inside: Histological analysis of abnormal enamel microstructure associated with hypoplastic enamel defects in human teeth. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2008; 136:400-14. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The effect of fluoride on enamel and dentin formation in the uremic rat incisor. Pediatr Nephrol 2008; 23:1973-9. [PMID: 18563453 PMCID: PMC7462915 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-0890-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2007] [Revised: 03/28/2008] [Accepted: 05/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Renal impairment in children is associated with tooth defects that include enamel pitting and hypoplasia. However, the specific effects of uremia on tooth formation are not known. In this study, we used rat mandibular incisors, which continuously erupt and contain all stages of tooth formation, to characterize the effects of uremia on tooth formation. We also tested the hypothesis that uremia aggravates the fluoride (F)-induced changes in developing teeth. Rats were subjected to a two-stage 5/6 nephrectomy or sham operation and then exposed to 0 (control) or 50 ppm NaF in drinking water for 14 days. The effects of these treatments on food intake, body growth rate, and biochemical serum parameters for renal function and calcium metabolism were monitored. Nephrectomy reduced food intake and weight gain. Intake of F by nephrectomized rats increased plasma F levels twofold and further decreased food intake and body weight gain. Uremia affected formation of dentin and enamel and was more extensive than the effect of F alone. Uremia also significantly increased predentin width and induced deposition of large amounts of osteodentin-like matrix-containing cells in the pulp chamber. In enamel formation, the cells most sensitive to uremia were the transitional-stage ameloblasts. These data demonstrate that intake of F by rats with reduced renal function impairs F clearance from the plasma and aggravates the already negative effects of uremia on incisor tooth development.
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Ribeiro DA, Hirota L, Cestari TM, Ceolin DS, Taga R, Assis GF. Ultrastructural morphometric analysis of ameloblasts exposed to fluoride during tooth development. J Mol Histol 2006; 37:361-7. [PMID: 17077986 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-006-9065-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Since a considerable amount of the world population is exposed to high doses of fluoride, it is of special concern to investigate its action mechanisms during dental enamel development. In this study, the toxicity of fluoride in ameloblasts during enamel development was evaluated by means of ultrastructural morphometric analysis. A total of 18 male Wistar rats were distributed into three groups. In Group I, the animals received deionized drinking water ad libitum (negative control) and in Groups II and III, they received sodium fluorided (NaF) drinking water at doses of 7 and 100 ppm ad libitum, respectively, for 6 weeks. Morphometric data were expressed as volume density of the most significant organelles present in the secretory and maturation phases of amelogenesis such as RER, granules, lysosomes, phagic vacuoles, microfilaments and mitochondria. The results showed that the volume density of mitochondria in the 100 ppm experimental group was 29% (P < 0.05) higher than the control group in secretory ameloblasts. No remarkable differences were found in maturation ameloblasts for all organelles evaluated. Taken together, these data indicate that NaF at high doses is able to induce cellular damage in secretory ameloblasts, whereas no noxious effect was observed during maturation stage of amelogenesis as depicted by ultrastructural analysis.
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- Daniel A Ribeiro
- Department of Health Sciences, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Av. Ana Costa 95, Santos 110601-001, SP, Brazil.
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