Question 140 · LDEK · Developmental disorders of teeth
Which of the teeth will become discolored in a 9-year-old child after a therapy with tetracycline antibiotics?
- A. all permanent teeth.
- B. no teeth.
- C. premolars teeth.
- D. incisal edges of permanent incisors.
- E. first permanent molars.
Hint
Tetracyclines stain only tissue that is mineralizing during treatment; recall when the crowns of permanent teeth finish calcifying.
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