Precision study of mineralization features of enamel apatite in the development of fluorosis by means of optical spectroscopy

We have investigated the molecular composition of the tooth enamel microregions in the normal and initial stages of the development of fluorosis by means of the IR and Raman spectroscopy. It has been shown that in the pathology of fluorosis, tooth mineralization takes place with the formation of calcium fluoroapaptite. It was found that an increased fluorine content causes a change in the characteristic profile of the bands and a redistribution of the intensity of the components of the υ₁ PO₄ and υ₃ CO₃ groups of the infrared and υ₄ PO₄ Raman spectra. The resulting IR and Raman spectra can be utilized as standards in the development of a new diagnostic approach of the early forms of the disease.