Community Fluorosis Index (Dean)
Dean's Community Fluorosis Index: the weighted mean of Dean's fluorosis categories across a surveyed population, read as a public health concern.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- People scored normal
- 40
- People scored questionable
- 20
- People scored very mild
- 15
- People scored mild
- 15
- People scored moderate
- 7
- People scored severe
- 3
Result: Community Fluorosis Index 0.88 across 100 people: slight public health concern.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- People scored normal (0 if none)
- People scored questionable (0 if none)
- People scored very mild (0 if none)
- People scored mild (0 if none)
- People scored moderate (0 if none)
- People scored severe (0 if none)
How this is calculated
Citation
Dean HT. Classification of mottled enamel diagnosis. J Am Dent Assoc. 1934;21:1421-1426. Weights and bands as applied in BMC Public Health 2024 (PMC11267771). Read the sources: Dean 1934 ↗, BMC Public Health 2024 ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.