Went to the dentist today
he found extensive dental fluorosis
I already had fluorosis by age 12 due to being given lots of sodium fluoride pills by my parents as a child. The fluorosis spots that I had were stable. A year ago I started developing more of the white spots all over my teeth despite having as low as possible intake of fluoride. There's so much of it I assumed it was tartar, but today the dentist confirmed it's not. They also said the enamel is smooth so it does not appear to be caused by demineralisation
The dentist thinks this is bizarre and he assumed it has to do with high fluoride intake as theres no way for me to have endogenous production
Only thing I can think of is I have/had some form of osteopenia and as my bones dissolved, the fluoride that was stored in them was released into my blood stream, secreted by my salivary glands and deposited into my teeth. I also ingest a lot of iodine while keeping my fluoride intake low which could lead to displacement of my body stores but I'd have thought this is eliminated in urine
any ideas?
he found extensive dental fluorosis
I already had fluorosis by age 12 due to being given lots of sodium fluoride pills by my parents as a child. The fluorosis spots that I had were stable. A year ago I started developing more of the white spots all over my teeth despite having as low as possible intake of fluoride. There's so much of it I assumed it was tartar, but today the dentist confirmed it's not. They also said the enamel is smooth so it does not appear to be caused by demineralisation
The dentist thinks this is bizarre and he assumed it has to do with high fluoride intake as theres no way for me to have endogenous production
Only thing I can think of is I have/had some form of osteopenia and as my bones dissolved, the fluoride that was stored in them was released into my blood stream, secreted by my salivary glands and deposited into my teeth. I also ingest a lot of iodine while keeping my fluoride intake low which could lead to displacement of my body stores but I'd have thought this is eliminated in urine
any ideas?