Just wanted to remind everyone not to let your children take doxycycline. I don't think most docs will prescribe it anyway, but my 15 yr old son just had his wisdom teeth pulled about 2 months ago (they were impacted and not above the gum line)....and the oral surgeon was astounded!
His teeth were totally entirely, dark, dark silver. I've never seen anything like it before (neither had the doc). They looked like metal fillings only the entire tooth was that color and it wasn't shiny!
Amazing! He said it was because they were below the gum line and exposed to it. I wonder if all of us on doxy have silver/metal looking roots???
He just started doxy about 6 months ago! His LLMD wouldn't let him have it until all his teeth were in (thank goodness!!).
[ 10. July 2008, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: princesslee ]
Posted by hshbmom (Member # 9478) on :
Hi Lee,
This is eye-opening. Thank you for posting this information. I hope your dentist documents this. LLMDs need to know this.
I think there are probably many children who have all their adult teeth that receive doxycycline for the treatment of Lyme disease.
I wonder how dermatologists deal with this in their acne patients?
Posted by pepper8 (Member # 13660) on :
I'm 19 and took Doxy for 7 weeks and I noticed a ton of discoloration on my teeth. They got really yellow. Now I'm off Doxy and on to Biaxin & Ceftin, so fortunately, after using whitestrips, my teeth look normal again.
Posted by stymielymie (Member # 10044) on :
not much of an oral surgeon if he never saw this before.
i have seen it 100's of times in wisdom teeth and erupted teeth.
it also turns the bone yellow as in yellow yellow. he should have noted that also when removing the wisdom teeth.
the only explanation i know is he must be young and they no longer use tetracycline based products ie doxy for acne.
this is why many 30 -40 year olds have gray bands on their permanent teeth it was also given in early childhood for inner ear infections. no longer.
tetracyline is however used as a patch for periodontal disease beside an infected area.
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