Minocycline-associated tooth discoloration in young adults

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Minocycline-associated tooth discoloration in young adults
2005
Tredwin et al.
J. Dent. Res.

After observing a patient with adult-onset tooth discoloration coincident with minocycline administration, we retrospectively surveyed a cohort of patients with severe cystic acne during therapeutic trials with isotretinoin. Four of 72 patients who had minocycline therapy during adolescence were found to have minocycline-associated tooth discoloration, which occurred in one case after only four weeks of treatment. Thus, minocycline must be considered as an uncommon cause of tooth staining in adults.

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