Dental Tooth Stain Colors

TOOTH Stains

BROWN
• porphyria - porphyrin
• tetracyclines

GREEN
• bile duct defects
• Bacillus pyocaneus, Aspergillis

GRAY
• neonatal hepatitis - bilirubin
• anemias - hemosiderin
• dental trauma

BLUE
• Rh incompatibility (erythroblastosis, fetalis) - bilirubin, biliverdin

ORANGE
• chromogenic bacteria, poor OH, more easily removed than green