Doxycycline treatment and tooth staining in young children
Doxycycline treatment and tooth staining in young children
April 2007
David Coats, MD; Deborah Alcorn, MD; Jeffrey Bloom, MD; Denise Hug, MD; Amy Hutchinson, MD; Scott Olitsky, MD; and Deborah Vanderveen, MD
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Tetracycline is known to cause tooth discoloration in young children, and its use is discouraged in children under age 8. A recent Israeli study by Volovitz et al suggests that doxycycline might be used in children without tooth staining.
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