Suggest Mixing Iron Solutions With Fruit Juice to Help Limit Teeth Staining

September 2016

Patients are asking which meds can discolour teeth.

Tetracyclines are well-known offenders. Teeth may permanently turn yellow, grey, or brown with tetracycline or doxycycline...or blue, green, or grey with minocycline.

It often occurs during tooth development...when a med is deposited in enamel. But minocycline can be a problem even AFTER teeth have formed.

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Suggest Mixing Iron Solutions With Fruit Juice to Help Limit Teeth Staining

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