Absence of tooth staining with doxycycline treatment in young children.

Author(s): Volovitz B, Shkap R, Amir J, Calderon S, Varsano I, Nussinovitch M

Affiliation(s): Department of Pediatrics C, Asthma Clinic, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, 14 Kaplan Street, Petah Tiqwa 49202, Israel. Benjamin@Volovitz.com

Publication date & source: 2007-03, Clin Pediatr (Phila)., 46(2):121-6.

Publication type: Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of the study was to determine if doxycycline causes tooth staining in young children. A dentist examined 31 randomized children who had been treated with doxycycline and 30 children who had not received doxycycline. Mean age of the children was 10.4 -/+ 2.1 years. Mean age at receipt of the first doxycycline treatment was 4.1 -/+ 1.6 years, and mean number of doxycycline courses was 2.0 -/+ 1.3. No tooth staining was detected by the dentist in any of the children in either group. These findings indicate that treatment with doxycycline in children aged 2 to 8 years is not associated with tooth staining.