teeth stains

When looking after teeth, many factors have to be considered when doing so. It is usually very fundamental, however so many people seem to forget the basics of cleaning teeth and to prevent teeth stains from ever occuring. The basics of dental care is pretty simple, and the best way to explain it is to break it down into different elements, which are as follows:

Habit – When you’re young, it is crucially important to get into the habit of brushing your teeth twice daily. Whilst this might seem obvious, many people seem to take this for granted. This can be even more difficult the older you become, and maybe coming from a background where you wasn’t exposed to cleaning teeth or if you wasn’t given the parental guidance to start doing so.

Details – In order to ensure you look after your teeth, you will first have to appreciate and value your teeth to begin with. Again, this seems obvious, but the surprising thing is, not many people take pride in their teeth. Some people smoke, others drink, others eat sweets or simply do not take the counter measure necessary to look after them. This is also very crucial in order to prevent getting teeth stains and to stop it completely before it even occurs.

Diet – it is so crucial to bare in mind how important it is to keep a healthy diet. Most people seem to assume that poor diet only affects your body weight, however this is not always the case. Think about fizzy drinks, Food with artificial colouring such as Curry, or food with lots of natural sugars and starch. Do not assume that not eating sweets alone will prevent the need to look after what you eat.

Floss and Rince – Brushing isn’t all there is to good dental care. invest time to floss in between teeth, and ensure you rinse with mouthwash as often as possible. This will prevent tartar, decay and stains.

Looking at these elements, it makes a lot of sense in writing, yet so many people take it for granted and don’t apply it in their daily lives. However, once you do, you will be able to take preventative measures to stop stains on your teeth from ever occuring.

Here is another similar article that you will find interesting:

• Diet Sodas Aren’t So Good for Teeth — Hand Coding – I haven’t had a full-sugar soda in several years, but I still enjoy a few diet sodas a week. And, I’ve occasionally heard, off-handedly, that diet sodas can cause tooth decay just as their full-sugar cousins can. For what it’s worth, …

Here is third video which i recorded a day after but decided to post on the same day following my previous post. The video illustrates how the white strips are applied to the teeth. They have yet to remove any teeth stains but can feel a slight different in texture when brushing my tongue along my teeth.

Here’s the video:

One last note. Here’s a really good article which i found that explains why sodas are bad for your teeth and how it can be prevented:

• Diet Sodas Aren’t So Good for Teeth — Hand Coding – I haven’t had a full-sugar soda in several years, but I still enjoy a few diet sodas a week. And, I’ve occasionally heard, off-handedly, that diet sodas can cause tooth decay just as their full-sugar cousins can. For what it’s worth, …

In todays blog, i wanted to talk about teeth whitening and how widespread it has become typically in the north american territories. Last year as i was out with friends, i met up with a friend of mine who just came back from the states after visiting his girlfriend. I noticed his teeth whiter than usual and bringing up the subject with him, He had said that teeth whitening systems are all the rage in america and that nearly everyone has perfectly white teeth and hardly any teeth stains.

I was intrigued how it was so popular over there and not over in the UK. While i investigated further, i noticed that there were loads of consumer whitening products available over there which are affordable and available for everyone to use. One such product was ‘Crest White Strips’. The best whitening systems to use in the UK were in the form of toothpastes which is not guaranteed to whiten teeth or as well as these American products do.

The process is simple. Each strip contains peroxide which when used over time, will bleach your teeth and make them pearly white. I was a little skeptical at first knowing that dye will be used to bleach your teeth.

Instantly, i thought of the following consequences… Sensitive teeth, weakening of  the outer enamel and a higgher susceptibility of tooth decay over time. According to my friend, this was not the case since he had been using it for a few months now without any of the above problems whatsoever.

So are teeth whitening products safe to use? The answer is simple… The best way to know is to try it for yourself. I have yet to try it but from what i’ve seen based on the results of my friend is that it clearly does work and does show a significant difference in the colour of your teeth over time.

This is why teeth stains are less evident in the states as it is over in the UK where smoking causes excessive damage over time. However, i do feel that whitening your teeth will only form a shell in order to provide a temporary solve the condition of your teeth. The best way to deel with teeth stains is to firstly, ensure that you apply the methods i wrote about in my previous articles.

Whitening should not be a replacement for good dental hygiene, and as long as you ensure the practice of looking after your teeth. Whitening your teeth will serve as a good compliment to the general look and quality of your teeth.

Here’s a recommended link to a site which explains a new type of teeth whitening:

• photodynamic bleaching – useful in removing tooth stains – photodynamic bleaching is the new type of treatment proven to be successful in the removal of tough stains from teeth. stains caused by tetracycline are rigid making it very difficult to remove by laser or conventional treatment. …

When i was in College, i was fortunate enough to have had braces for a few years which was admitedly very painful. Previous to having it done, my teeth were in very poor condition. I rarely brushed when i was a child and didn’t take great care in my initial teeth which resulted in teeth stains, plaque build up and cavities.

Then when i reaches the age of around 11, it was brought to my attention that if i were to maintain nice teeth, i will need to brush twice daily, which was what got me to maintain good dental care. However, it wasn’t until i started having braces when i began taking extra care to my teeth, especially when the day came where  had them taken off.

The reason why this is the case is because the pain and investment that was put into straightening my teeth had resulted in giving even more attention than i used to prior to having them on. I brushed twice as per usual, but this time, i took great attention to how long i brushed, where i brushed and maintained the quality of my teeth and prevent any teeth stains from occurring.

This eventually resulted in a happy dentist and a better dental condition and less worry of actually damaging my teeth. I became less addicted to sugary sweets and drinks and maintained a balanced diet.

The lesson learned from this is as follows. If you want to take extra care of yourself, try and find a reason to invest in it in the first place. For me, this investment came after i invested in straightening my teeth.

This may not be the case for you, but you can try and combine your decision to keep a healthy diet with your teeth in that eating wrong foods may damage your health and in turn, your teeth which will constantly remind you of whether your diet is correct and vice versa.

This is one example which will help refocus your time and energy on a particular area of your body which will force you to take extra care towards it. But the fact is, it works and causes you to create new habits of care and attention which in the long run, will help keep your body and general dental health in check.

When you’re young and growing, most of what you develop as a child will have formed directly from your parents and your upbringing. At this stage in growth, it becomes vital to develop good habits because whichever habit you learn in this period of life, it becomes set in stone in your later years, and this is especially important when it comes to tooth care.

Furthermore, as a young child, you will develop the urge to eat sweets, drink fizzy drinks and maintain an unhealthy diet. As a result, the symptoms of developing teeth stains will be be very high. Therefore, it’s important to teach kids the correct habits when it comes to good dental care.

When doing so, the basics and fundamentals will need to be taught but also gone into detail as to the extent of the things you need to do to maintain good dental health. Of course, in looking at this, it becomes obvious that again, the best advice given will always be the basics and fundamentals.

So lets delve further into the steps we need to take when explaining correct fundamentals to children:

So it’s been about 2 weeks now since i last created a written post, and figured as it’s xmas eve, i would write up a fresh new entry on teeth stain removal and dental care. As you’re all aware, or for those of you who have been keeping track of my blog, i’ve recently been using a brand of ‘Crest White Strips’ for my teeth just to see if it works and to document it on my blog and to inform you all of its efficacy and benefits.

It indeed does work and have started to see improvments which started showing at around the tenth white strip. I have 3 packets left which i will hopefully complete by Friday of this week. It does remove teeth stains though i have to be honest, at times i do dread using them. Soon after treatment, my teeth became very sensitive and found it difficult to drink anything cold. This however is a temporary thing and it does go away after a couple of hours.

The one thing which i’m very interested in at the moment however is the long term benefits. Will they keep my teeth white for a long period of time? Having consulted the instruction booklet inside the box, i read that the results of treatment often lasts for around 8 months upon which you can top up your treatment with a new set of strips.

So for those of you thinking about whitening your teeth, then i very much recommend purchasing a course of treatment. Most white strips are affordable and easy to get hold of. I have included a link to a brand of strips on my page for you to invest in to give you a start on where to look to purchase them. the one place which it isn’t available is in the UK, but can easily be obtainable through various resellers online.

Lastly, is it worth it? I would say most likely so, because they are without a doubt, the easiest and simplest way to whiten your teeth to a level where you can actually see noticeable improvement. The most you get in the UK is whitening tooth paste which does very little to improving the quality and look of your teeth. Though having said this, this is very much an argument and opinion rather than actual fact. However in my experience, this seems to be the case.

I will make my final video on Friday and capture the final picture of my teeth and include them side by side from the beginning up until the present day and make a comparison. After this, i will then create another video as was requested by a few of you on my youtube page to showcase the entire pallette of my teeth as a cross examination.

Until next time, thanks for reading if you’ve gotten this far and i’ll be back with an update very soon

Here is an article about teeth whitening which you will find interesting and found it to be well worth the read:

• Nano Dental Robots to Clean Your Teeth – The American Dental Association put together a series of pictures to show what it would be like to have nano-bots cleaning your teeth. Problem is that these are the creepiest things you’d ever want to find in your mouth. …