Journal article

Publication year: 1996

Pages: 75-81

Journal: Environmental Pollution

Volume number: 93

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0269-7491

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/0269-7491(96)00012-7

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 

Mandibular bone fluoride concentrations as well as frequency and
intensity of fluoride-induced dental lesions were studied in four red
deer populations from Czechia and Germany exposed to different levels of
environmental fluoride. The degree of fluorosis in the permanent cheek
teeth was recorded by a scoring system and the individual mandibles
assigned to one of three categories (unfluorosed, slightly to moderately
fluorosed, and markedly to severely fluorosed) on the basis of the
tooth scores. An increase in the frequency and severity of dental
fluorosis was positively associated with an increase in bone fluoride
level, which itself was significantly different between the four
samples. In all samples, the rate of bone fluoride accumulation was
higher in younger than in older deer. The results of this study show
that frequency and intensity of dental fluorosis can be used as valid
indicators of increased fluoride exposure of deer populations, and thus
as a quick, easy, economic and reliable means of monitoring fluoride
pollution in areas inhabited by wild deer.

Harvard Citation style: Kierdorf, H., Kierdorf, U., Sedlacek, F. and Erdelen, M. (1996) Mandibular bone fluoride levels and occurrence of fluoride induced dental lesions in populations of wild red deer (Cervus elaphus) from Central Europe, Environmental Pollution, 93(1), pp. 75-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/0269-7491(96)00012-7

APA Citation style: Kierdorf, H., Kierdorf, U., Sedlacek, F., & Erdelen, M. (1996). Mandibular bone fluoride levels and occurrence of fluoride induced dental lesions in populations of wild red deer (Cervus elaphus) from Central Europe. Environmental Pollution. 93(1), 75-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/0269-7491(96)00012-7