Chemical determinants of enamel hypoplasia in children with disorders of calcium and phosphate homeostasis.
Studies of children with disorders of calcium and phosphate homeostasis indicate that hypocalcaemia, but not hypophosphataemia, is a significant and specific factor in the etiology of enamel hypoplasia. Only those teeth were affected that had developed during the hypocalcaemic episodes.
D002648:Child; D003744:Dental Enamel Hypoplasia / Q000209:etiology*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000150:complications*