Cleaton-Jones, PKhan, Abdulla2023-06-092024-04-162023-06-092024-04-162003https://hdl.handle.net/10566/10965Magister Chirurgiae Dentium - MChDThis minithesis presents a systematic review of dental literature with the objective to investigate trends in dental fluorosis during the period 1980 to 2000. A Medline search was carried out for peerreviewed scientific dental literature published in English from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 2000. From the publications retrieved 54 satisfied the inclusion criteria. The data on fluorosis prevalence were examined in three categories: 0 to :S 0.3 ppm F, > 0.3 to :S 0.7 ppm F and 0.7 to :S 1.4 ppm F. Since there was no significant difference in fluorosis between 1980 to1989 and 1990 to 2000 the whole period was regarded as one entity.enDental fluorosisOral healthDental literatureStatistics studiesUniversity of the Western Cape