By Arthur Kezian
A beautiful smile requires perfect teeth. But yellow or brown stains caused by coffee, tea, red wine or cigarettes are not so good to look at.
To get rid of such nasty stains, we need to make an effort to take extra care of our teeth.
The most important thing is to brush our teeth twice a day for at least one minute. Avoid brushing with a rough toothbrush, which may lead to the damaging of the enamel. Dentists recommend brushing after each meal, but when we are eating out, chewing gum helps a lot. Sugarless gum helps in maintaining white teeth by stimulating the salivary secretion, which washes over the teeth.
We must also avoid the sweets as much as possible, and instead eat more vegetables and fruit. In our goal of getting whither teeth we have to be select a toothpaste that contains enamel-strengthening fluorine.
Seeing the dentist twice a year is recommended because he or she can give suggestions in choosing the best products. For cleaning our teeth and getting them whiter we may use special whitening strips, but we must follow the indications during the whole treatment if we want to have positive results.
The most frequent problem in obtaining shinier teeth is the irritation of the gum. In this case we have to avoid using the whitening strips for a long period of time or other whitening solutions that may provoke pain or gum redness. Those with sensitive gums must try whitening treatments only when guided by specialists.
Whitening solutions have no effect unless they are applied on our natural teeth, so if we have an artificial tooth in our frontal teeth it is better to avoid the whitening strips and solutions because there would be a visible difference between the natural teeth and the artificial ones.
Let your dentist take care of your teeth -- they're the experts who can provide professional advice.
A beautiful smile requires perfect teeth. But yellow or brown stains caused by coffee, tea, red wine or cigarettes are not so good to look at.
To get rid of such nasty stains, we need to make an effort to take extra care of our teeth.
The most important thing is to brush our teeth twice a day for at least one minute. Avoid brushing with a rough toothbrush, which may lead to the damaging of the enamel. Dentists recommend brushing after each meal, but when we are eating out, chewing gum helps a lot. Sugarless gum helps in maintaining white teeth by stimulating the salivary secretion, which washes over the teeth.
We must also avoid the sweets as much as possible, and instead eat more vegetables and fruit. In our goal of getting whither teeth we have to be select a toothpaste that contains enamel-strengthening fluorine.
Seeing the dentist twice a year is recommended because he or she can give suggestions in choosing the best products. For cleaning our teeth and getting them whiter we may use special whitening strips, but we must follow the indications during the whole treatment if we want to have positive results.
The most frequent problem in obtaining shinier teeth is the irritation of the gum. In this case we have to avoid using the whitening strips for a long period of time or other whitening solutions that may provoke pain or gum redness. Those with sensitive gums must try whitening treatments only when guided by specialists.
Whitening solutions have no effect unless they are applied on our natural teeth, so if we have an artificial tooth in our frontal teeth it is better to avoid the whitening strips and solutions because there would be a visible difference between the natural teeth and the artificial ones.
Let your dentist take care of your teeth -- they're the experts who can provide professional advice.
-N.S.
