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Reversibility of skeletal fluorosis.

Discussion The reversibility of skeletal fluorosis suggested by Roholm2 has been studied in more detail by Fritz.7 Seven of 42 German patients with skeletal fluorosis showed a decreased degree of osteosclerosis 13-19 years after exposure ceased. Three cases were described in detail, but little information was given on other cases of fluorosis known to Fritz. Thus the evidence presented suggests that reversibility of osteosclerosis occurred in at least seven cases. Schlegel mentioned five patien