DENTAL FLUOROSIS IN WILD DEER: ITS USE AS A BIOMARKER OF INCREASED FLUORIDE EXPOSURE

摘要

The relationships between age (range: 3 to 14 yr), mandibular bone fluoride level (marker of accumulated internal dose, range: 579 to 4680 mg F~- kg~-1 dry wt) and intensity of dental fluorosis (reflecting fluoride exposure during enamel formaion) were studied in a sample of 53 fluorosed red deer from a fluoride-polluted area in the Czech-German border region (Ore mountains that their southern foreland). Assessment of the severity of dental fluorosis was perforemd for the 3 permanent premolars and 3 molars of one hemimandible per animal by using an ordinal measurement scale.