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World J Clin Cases. Feb 26, 2020; 8(4): 743-756
Published online Feb 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i4.743
Published online Feb 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i4.743
Effectiveness of a microabrasion technique using 16% HCL with manual application on fluorotic teeth: A series of studies
Martina Nevárez-Rascón, Edith Adame, Ethel Almeida, Uriel Soto-Barreras, Alfredo Nevárez-Rascón, Facultad de Odontología, Maestría en Estomatología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31000, México
Nelly Molina-Frechero, Enrique Gaona, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco 04960, México
Author contributions: These authors determined the methodological design of the study and performed all the data collection and analysis: Nevárez-Rascón M, Molina-Frechero N, Nevárez-Rascón A, Almeida E and Adame E; These authors conducted the statistical tests and analyzed all the results: Nevárez-Rascón M, Molina-Frechero N, Soto-Barreras U and Gaona E. All authors participated in drafting and reviewing the article.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved at the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to report.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Martina Nevárez-Rascón, DDS, PhD, Full Professor, Facultad de Odontología, Maestría en Estomatología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Calle Escorza No. 900, Colonia Centro, Chihuahua 31000, México. martina.nevarez@gmail.com
Received: November 19, 2019
Peer-review started: November 19, 2019
First decision: December 4, 2019
Revised: January 10, 2020
Accepted: January 11, 2020
Article in press: January 11, 2020
Published online: February 26, 2020
Peer-review started: November 19, 2019
First decision: December 4, 2019
Revised: January 10, 2020
Accepted: January 11, 2020
Article in press: January 11, 2020
Published online: February 26, 2020
Core Tip
Core tip: This aim of this study was to promote awareness among clinicians and researchers of the use of the proposed minimally invasive technique to treat teeth with enamel fluorosis, to allow recovery of the appearance of natural teeth with 90% efficiency, and an acceptable level of tooth enamel removal. Our results showed that this manual procedure using 16% HCL resulted in a procedure time of less than 6 min, an acceptable loss of enamel (234 µm), and did not require repeated microabrasion.