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Loss of dental enamel in a patient taking cholestyramine
D M Curtis1, D J Driscoll, D H Goldman
1Department of Dentistry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
During treatment with cholestyramine for high concentrations of cholesterol, extensive loss of dental enamel occurred in a young boy. This outcome is thought to be attributed to mixing the cholestyramine in Kool-Aid and swirling the mixture in the mouth before swallowing.