Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study of the influence of fluoride excess on the development of rat incisor tooth buds

Little information is available on the pathogenesis of fluorosis during the fetal and initial postnatal period. In the present study, female rats received 0 (control), 7 or 100 ppm of sodium fluoride in drinking water, one week before breeding and throughout gestation and nursing periods. The hemima...

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Main Authors: Renato Massaharu Hassunuma, Edson Virgílio Zen Filho, Danielle Santi Ceolin, Tania Mary Cestari, Rumio Taga, Gerson Francisco de Assis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2007-08-01
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572007000400010