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Minocycline-induced Staining of the Adult Permanent Dentition: A Review of the Literature and Report of a Case

From Volume 26, Issue 4, May 1999 | Pages 160-162

Authors

Brenda McKenna

Final year student, The Queen's University of Belfast

Articles by Brenda McKenna

Philip-John Lamey

BSc, BDS, MBChB, DDS, FDS RCPS, FFD RCSI

Professor of Oral Medicine, The Queen's University of Belfast

Articles by Philip-John Lamey

John G. Kennedy

BSc, MDS, PhD, MPhil, FDS RCPS, FFD RCSI

Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, The Queen's University of Belfast

Articles by John G. Kennedy

John Bateson

FIMLS, Chief Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer, School of Clinical Dentistry, The Queen's University of Belfast

Articles by John Bateson

Abstract

Tetracycline staining of teeth during tooth development is well documented. We report here the rarer condition of tetracycline staining of adult teeth. This occurrence appears to involve enamel surface demineralization/remineralization and can produce staining clinically indistinguishable from that occurring during tooth development.

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