Molar Incisal Hypomineralisation

Imagine mixing a cake

Molar Incisal Hypomineralisation (chalky teeth) is like an error happening when you are mixing a cake A tooth is like a cake, it has three layers. The top layer is like the icing of a cake it is thick and white, then the second layer is like sponge cake it is yellow and has little holes which leave the finally layer the jam, it has the blood and nerve supply. Molar Incisal Hypomineralisation (chalky teeth) is thought to occur during the early development stage of tooth formation. This islike an error happening when you are mixing the cake mix.You have all the right ingredients there but for some reason it does not mix well resulting patches of reduce quality of icing/enamel. The D3 group is a collection of experts that discuss this topic in great detail on a website that they have set up. Out of respect for there amazing and continue hard work on this subject have I provided a link to there amazing website. To find out more about chalky teeth please check it out below.

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What is Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation
MIH - D3 Group website

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The D3-Group

The D3-group is a collection of oral health practitioners and researchers that have set up a wonderful resource to help families understand molar incisor hypomineralisation (chalky teeth). As a result I have provided a link to their amazing website below.

They have great information and I believe it is good to support there page and the hard work that they are doing in this area of dentistry. That is why I decided to dedicate this page to a link to there website instead of writing it here.

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A selection of the references used:
Almuallem, Z., & Busuttil-Naudi, A. (2018). Molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) - an overview. British dental journal, 10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.814. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.814

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