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

• Main Authors: Renato Massaharu Hassunuma (Author), Edson Virgílio Zen Filho (Author), Danielle Santi Ceolin (Author), Tania Mary Cestari (Author), Rumio Taga (Author), Gerson Francisco de Assis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

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...