I really never had the greatest teeth but now I use the dentist scraping tool and I just cant keep up! I spoke with a friend of mine who has lyme and he said the same thing that its seems like his teeth are just rotting now.

Anyone else have this from abx or just Lyme by itself.

My teeth do seem to collect more plaque than they used to. I go for cleanings every 6 months.

I would caution against scraping your own teeth. You could damage the enamel.

It can ALSO happen not only due TO antibiotics, but due to a few other reasons:

I WAS on doxy which coupled with wonderful yeast that crept up---

sheesh- I could make my own beer with my spit. THATS gross.

Ive got lots of repairs to do to this body when this is all over.

I had gunky mouth too when I first had lyme. Neither the dentist or PCP( before llmd) could tell me if the abx(doxy), the lyme or whatever was causing it.

Well, this is what eventually happened. I turned up with cervical displasia on my next PAP. I wasn't pleased with the gyn's plan, re-test, then slice and dice.

I got on line and discovered that cervical dysplasia is caused most often caused by folic acid deficency and in Europe routenly treated with folic acid orally. I was all ready anemic without a good cause or explaination so I suspected a connection.

So I treated myself( details are on line) until the pap retest, Back to the mouth. 3 days after I started the high doses of folic acid my mouth was suddenly clean again. More research found that dental plaque and of course blood plaque is reduced with proper amounts of folic acid.

My next pap was normal and my teeth
are clean.

It wasn't until I started with my current llmd in Kennett that the mystrey of the iron and folic deficency were solved. I have a mild gluten intolerence, just enough to cause inflammation and malabsorbsion of food and suppliments. So basically while I was eating well I had malnutrition.

I eliminated all wheat from my diet and have seen my iron levels come up to normal without suppliments. My teeth are still clean. The dentist recently commented on how clean they are. I take a low dose of folic acid daily.

I hope this helps. Spelling is a struggle today-

Was there any specific product you were taking to clean the teeth with the folic acid?

There was a folic acid mouth wash for peridontal disease discussed on one web site, but it was only sold in Europe at the time.

This all happened 4 (?) years ago.

The folic acid monthwash was mentioned, it must be available in the us now.

I have spent the last month (& more to come) having my teeth cleaned and repaired due to cracking from abx and others meds. My hygenist said the worst mouths she sees are the ones in people who are on Doxy or Biaxin.

Be sure to clean and rinse your teeth often. Get professional cleanings a minimum of every 6 months. AND, change your toothbrush often.

You can also suck on acidophilus lozenges to help replenish the good flora. Udo's Choice has a good one.

When I took Biaxin I had black stains on my teeth (bottoms mostly) that I could not remove, but the dentist could. He conjectured it was a ferrous sulfite? fate? whatever. (It is not the same type of discoloration that can occur with doxy) Biaxin makers now put a warning of possible teeth discoloration in their literature.

Does everyone do the floride treatment? I ussually refuse it.

Yeah I got that Doxy disgusting brown film on my teeth and my teeth were never this bad looking.

My contention is the lyme ate up all the calcium in my body and started attacking calcium in teeth and bones.

I take a couple Citrical now and feel better(arthritis) and seems to stem holes thru teeth. Dentist says that is all bunk tho, because he knows better.

I dont think my teeth falling out is from abx or stains etc.

Just some food for thought, he also complained about the rotting teeth.

It was nice to talk to someone face to face that knew about Lyme and someone that wasnt a doctor.

The acidophilus lozenges are from Udo'd Choice. You can only get them in the refrogerated section of the health food store. Or, you can buy them on-line from Udo's web site or from i-herb. They ahve a tiny bit of a sweetener in them (just a warning).

It's not just the teeth and/or the enamel that we need to worry about. It is the entire mouth. That is why saliva production is also important.