title: Minimally invasive treatment for esthetic management of severe dental fluorosis: a case report.
abstract: Dental fluorosis is a developmental disturbance of enamel caused by excessive fluoride on ameloblasts during enamel formation. Patients often present to the dentist with a main goal of improving their esthetic appearance. This case report describes a minimally invasive technique for treating a severe case of enamel fluorosis with brown surface aspect and small defects. A selective mega-abrasion and microabrasion were used to recreate macro- and micro- surface morphology, followed by power bleaching, home bleaching, and resin infiltration to improve the esthetic appearance.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology Hubei- MOST & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020906:Air Abrasion, Dental / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D000077463:Carbamide Peroxide; D017554:Carbon Compounds, Inorganic / Q000737:chemistry; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D009050:Fluorosis, Dental / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D010545:Peroxides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012117:Resins, Synthetic / Q000737:chemistry; D017655:Silicon Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D014073:Tooth Bleaching / Q000379:methods; D058205:Tooth Bleaching Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014508:Urea / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D017554:Carbon Compounds, Inorganic; D003764:Dental Materials; D010545:Peroxides; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D017655:Silicon Compounds; D058205:Tooth Bleaching Agents; C578177:icon infiltrant; D000077463:Carbamide Peroxide; D014508:Urea; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid; C022088:silicon carbide