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Kristin Klodzinski

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Aug 3, 2024, 5:30:52 PM8/3/24

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Aging brings a lot of changes, including dental ones. As you get older, your enamel will wear down, allowing the yellow dentin underneath to show. However, your teeth may also turn a grayish-blue color as you age.

If you have dentinogenesis imperfecta (hereditary opalescent dentin), your teeth may become translucent or take on a yellow-brown or blue-gray appearance. This rare genetic condition can also result in misaligned and weakened teeth, leading to wear, breakage, and tooth loss.

After an injury to your tooth, gums, or any nearby tissue, your tooth might not receive a sufficient amount of blood and turn blue or gray. Sometimes, your tooth might heal itself and return to its original color, but other times, it may stay discolored or die.

You might experience tooth discoloration if any pulp tissue or material used to fill the canals was left inside your tooth during a root canal. Root canal medications like Ledermix (whose active ingredients include demeclocycline hydrochloride and triamcinolone acetonide) and Ultracal XS (which contains calcium hydroxide) can also cause tooth discoloration.

To determine the cause behind a gray or blue tooth, your dentist will carefully examine your teeth and gums. They may also order an x-ray to get a better view or perform a pulp test to spot any signs of pulp necrosis.