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2.5 year old with faint discoloration (Max. Ant.)	DILLIGAS	03/14/04
My son, who just turned 2 ½ years old today; has discoloration (Very faint, somewhat like demineralization), in his maxillary incisors, that is causing me some concern. He has not taken, nor did my wife during pregnancy or breast feeding, tetracycline. He did have a round of amoxicillin; 5/ml in suspension for earaches when he was 8 months old. Can these discolorations be caused by the antibiotic? If so, what are the possible damages that we should now be on the look out for with his permanent dentition, when it erupts? Thanks, DILLIGAS
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agentledentist		03/17/04
Hi Dillagas, I do not think you need to worry too much at this stage. Although antibiotics or other drugs that affects calcium metabolism has the potential of causing discolouration or malformation of teeth, I do no think there's been any report that amoxil has caused discoloration of teeth. Checking the nutritional status may worth trying but I suggest you bring her to a dentist or pedodontist to check the teeth first. May be it's just staining or it's really a decalcification lesion or a fluorosis (too much fluoride) lesion. As for the permanent teeth, even the six year old mol;ars, they develop later then when the baby teeth develop. So, if the discolouration is really caused br medication, the chance of the development of the permanent teeth being affected is almost nil.

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