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Varying degrees of discolouration can develop in teeth as a result of systemic and local causes. In congenital porphyria and hereditary opalescent dentine the enamel is purple to violet in colour, whereas if tetracycline is administered during the period when enamel is being laid down, the teeth erupt with yellow striae or with a grey colour, and in endemic fluorosis, yellowish-brown mottling is seen.
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© 1982 J. J. Messing and G. E. Ray
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Messing, J.J., Ray, G.E. (1982). The Bleaching of Pulpless Teeth. In: Operative Dental Surgery. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86078-4_26
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