Symptom: Tooth discoloration

Introduction: Tooth discoloration

Tooth discoloration: Changes to the color of teeth. See free access online books about Tooth discoloration below. See detailed information below for a list of 82 causes of Tooth discoloration, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Tooth discoloration:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Tooth discoloration. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Excessive coffee
• Certain foods
• Smoking
• Normal aging
• Tooth abscess
• Dead tooth (see Dental symptoms) - the tooth looks gray.
• Internal resorption
• Calcium metabolism disorders
• Rickets
• Certain medications
• Maternal tetracyclines during pregnancy
• Poor dental hygiene
• Mercury dental amalgam
• Injured tooth
• Fungal infection
• Kernicterus

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Causes in Children: Tooth discoloration

• Alkaptonuria
• 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

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Tooth discoloration: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Tooth discoloration, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

• Tooth discoloration and Mouth symptoms (43 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Dental symptoms (42 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Head symptoms (36 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Face symptoms (34 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Nerve symptoms (30 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Sensations (27 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Muscle symptoms (26 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Movement symptoms (25 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Weakness (25 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Behavioral symptoms (24 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Body symptoms (24 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Infant symptoms (24 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Pain (23 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Personality symptoms (23 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Seizures (23 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Bone symptoms (23 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Growth symptoms (23 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Muscle weakness (23 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Poor growth (23 causes)
• Tooth discoloration and Spasms (22 causes)

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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• Dental symptoms (366 causes)
• Mouth symptoms (1743 causes)
• Throat symptoms (1146 causes)
• Head symptoms (3835 causes)
• Face symptoms (2762 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Tooth discoloration

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Tooth discoloration:

• Tooth symptoms (366 causes)
• Dental conditions
• Gum conditions

Diagnostic Guides for Tooth discoloration

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Stories from Users for Tooth discoloration

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Causes of Tooth discoloration listed in Disease Database:

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

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

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Medications or substances causing Tooth discoloration:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Tooth discoloration as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

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

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Definitions of Tooth discoloration:

Any change in the hue, color, or translucency of a tooth due to any cause. Restorative filling materials, drugs (both topical and systemic), pulpal necrosis, or hemorrhage may be responsible. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p253)
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Detailed list of causes of Tooth discoloration

The list below shows some of the causes of Tooth discoloration mentioned in various sources:

• Acrylic tooth restoration
• Alkaptonuria
• Amelgenesis imperfecta
• Amelogenesis imperfecta - brown discoloration of teeth
• Amelogenesis imperfecta pigmented hypomaturation type - discolored teeth

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How Common are these Causes of Tooth discoloration?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Tooth discoloration. Of the 82 causes of Tooth discoloration that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 3 causes are "very common" diseases
• 2 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 79 causes have no prevalence information.

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Conditions listing symptoms: Tooth discoloration:

The following list of conditions have 'Tooth discoloration' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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What are the alternative names for Tooth discoloration:

Dental discoloration, Teeth stained
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Classifications of Tooth discoloration:

Medical Conditions associated with Tooth discoloration:

Dental symptoms (356 causes), Mouth symptoms (1729 causes), Throat symptoms (1133 causes), Head symptoms (3771 causes), Face symptoms (2739 causes)

Symptoms related to Tooth discoloration:

Tooth symptoms (356 causes), Dental conditions, Gum conditions

Tooth discoloration as a disease:

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