%0 Journal Article %A Eskandarlou, Amir %T The Study of Prevalence Rate of Dental Fluorosis among Students in Bahar City in 1998-99 %J Avicenna Journal of Clinical Medicine %V 7 %N 4 %U http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-909-en.html %R %D 2001 %K Mottled Enamel - epidemiology / Students / Water, %X The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of fluorosis among students of intermediate schools in Bahar city in 1998-99. We examined 2502 students , 1247 girls and 1255 boys aged 12-15 years old. The type of the fluorosis determined by the use of Dean’s index. The results of this study showed that total rate of fluorosis was 24.5 Percent, 24.8% in girls and 24.1% in boys. 1.1% had moderate fluorosis and 4.8% had mild fluorosis and 11.3% had very mild fluorosis and 7.3% had doubtful , none of the children had sever dental fluorosis. Among different tooth a maxillary central incisor was the most affected one and mandibular lateral incisor was the least one. Although the prevalence of fluorosis was 24.5% in studied cases, but according to FCI index it is not a communitry health problem. %> http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-909-en. %P 0-0 %& 0 %! %9 Original %L A-11-185-120 %+ %G eng %@ 2588-722X %[ 2001