Diseases

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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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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  • Discoloration, Tooth
  • Discolorations, Tooth
  • Tooth Discolorations

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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external staining or staining within pulp; from any cause; coord IM with cause if pertinent (IM or NIM); do not confuse with FLUOROSIS, DENTAL (occurring during tooth calcification)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tooth Discoloration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014075. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014075
  2. Tooth Discoloration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_discoloration
  3. Tooth Discoloration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q144083