Featured Post

How to improve your sense of taste after quitting smoking?

Image
 After quitting smoking, it may take some time for your sense of taste to fully recover. However, there are several things you can do to help improve your sense of taste: Stay hydrated: Ensure you drink an adequate amount of water throughout the day to keep your mouth and taste buds hydrated. Dry mouth can affect your ability to taste, so staying hydrated can help improve taste sensations. Eat a balanced diet: Incorporate a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains into your diet. These foods contain different flavors and textures that can help stimulate your taste buds and enhance your sense of taste. Avoid excessive use of salt and sugar: Excessive consumption of salt and sugar can dull your taste buds over time. Gradually reduce your intake of processed foods and try to use herbs, spices, and natural sweeteners to enhance the flavors of your meals. Experiment with different flavors: Be adventurous in trying new foods, spices, and seasonings. Explore differ

Tooth discoloration

The complaint of teeth discoloration is now big problem for some persons.

Tooth discoloration: Means changes to the color of teeth. 


Causes of Tooth discoloration:


The medical,and Dental conditions: are some of the possible causes of Tooth discoloration. There are likely to be other possible causes.

Medical causes

  • Excessive coffee
  • Certain foods
  • Smoking
  • Calcium metabolism disorders
  • Rickets
  • Certain medications, Maternal tetracyclines during pregnancy,Tetracycline use by child
  • Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
  • Fungal infection
  • Kernicterus: A rare condition involving high blood levels of bilirubin which can also accumulate in the brain and lead to neurological problems.

    Dental Causes

    • Normal aging
    • Tooth abscess
    • Dead tooth  - the tooth looks gray.
    • Internal resorption
    • Poor dental hygiene
    • Mercury dental amalgam
    • Injured tooth

    Tooth Discoloration Causes in Children:Some of the causes in children for Tooth discoloration may include:

    • Alkaptonuria: A rare disorder where the abnormal accumulation of a particular acid (homogentisic acid) in the body causes connective tissue and bone damage. This damage gives tissues a dark or bluish discoloration.
    • Dentinal dysplasia type II
    • Amelgenesis imperfecta
    • Food and drink
    • Dental plaque
    • Doxycycline use
    • Severe tooth trauma during enamel formation in secondary teeth
    • Periapical infection of primary teeth
    • Primary tooth trauma
    • Tooth decay
    • Tooth pulp trauma and bleeding
    • Acrylic tooth restoration
    • Severe fluorosis
    • Maternal infection
    • Childhood infection during enamel formation
    • Porphyria
    • Tetracycline therapy


    Causes of Tooth discoloration listed in Disease Database:
    Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Tooth discolorationas a symptom include:

    • Amelogenesis imperfecta
    • Chlorhexidine
    • Congenital erythropoeitic porphyria
    • Dental caries
    • Dentin dysplasia
    • Dentinogenesis imperfecta
    • Iron compounds
    • Kohlschutter syndrome
    • Tetracyclines
    • Tigecycline
    • Wolcott-Rallison syndrome

    Drug side effect causes of Tooth discoloration
    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Tooth discoloration as a side effect.

    • Excessive fluoride ingestion
    • Certain antibiotics:likeTetracyclines - when given to children (or to the mother during the pregnancy),Maternal tetracyclines during pregnancy
    • Fluoride

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Tooth discoloration as a symptom.
    This list is incomplete and various other drugs or substances may cause your symptoms (see Tooth discoloration).

    Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
    AccuNeb
    Achromycin
    Achromycin V
    Acromicina
    Airet
    Akamin
    Albuterol
    Ambotetra
    Apo-Salvent
    Apo-Tetra
    Certain antibiotics
    Demeclocycline
    Doxsig
    Doxycycline
    Doxyhexal
    Doxylin
    Excessive fluoride ingestion
    Fluoride
    Ledermycin
    Maternal tetracyclines during pregnancy
    Maxair
    Minocycline
    Minomycin
    Novo-Salmol
    Novo-Tetra
    Nu-Tetra
    Proventil
    Proventil HFA
    Proventil Repetabs
    Quimocyclar
    Sabulin
    Salbulin
    Salbutalan
    Sumycin
    Tetra-Atlantis
    Tetracycline
    Tetracycline capsules
    Tetracyclines - when given to children (or to the mother during the pregnancy)
    Tetracyn
    Tetrex
    Ventolin
    Ventolin HFA
    Ventolin Nebules
    Ventolin Rotacaps
    Volmax
    Xopenex
    Zorbenal-G

    Thanks,

    DENTIST, Manal Raafat

    Comments

    Popular posts from this blog

    تشقق أو تصدع الأسنان

    مراحل تعقيم الأدوات فى عيادة الأسنان ... و ما يجب ان تراه من وسائل للتعقيم

    مساعدي أطباء الأسنان ودورهم في عيادة الأسنان

    الاحتياطات اللازمة للوقاية من العدوى فى عياده طبيب الأسنان