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.
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Day 6 of my videos, documenting my teeth whitening treatment. It’s going well so far and it is getting rid of my teeth stains which has been building up over the years. I’m embedding the video below… Enjoy!
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:
- Correct amount of toothpaste – When applying toothpaste to your tooth brush, it is essential to at least put enough that it covers your brush bristles. This will ensure that you have applied just enough to cover the entire area of your teeth when brushing.
- Spend 30 seconds per mouth area – It is important to tell the child that at least 30 seconds will need to be spent per area of your mouth in order to brush away any plaque or dirt from your teeth. This will result in 2 minutes brushing which is typically a reasonable time spent brushing, rinshing and flossing.
- Rinse thoroughly - After brushing, it is important to rinse your mouth toroughly and to take away any excess tooth paste from your mouth which by this point will have contained dirt and other excess that was brushed away from your teeth. We can take this a stage further to advise our kids to use medical mouth wash. However, the first stage will always be the rinsing of the mouth.
- Floss – This is the most commonly over looked area in dental care. many people brush their teeth, but a very few floss in between their teeth in order to get into areas which your tooth brush didn’t.
Here’s a really good article about a man who is able to pull trains with his teeth which is quite extraordinary and goes to show what your teeth can do when looked after properly 
- King Tooth Pulls Train with Teeth – New World Record – King Tooth set a new world record by pulling a 7 coach train using nothing but a steel rope and his bare teeth for the heaviest weight pulled by teeth.
Today’s post will be special to mark the end of another year. I have created a new video and posted it on youtube, complete with effects and edits. It is my first attempt at a professional level video, so apologies if it looks a little cheesy. I will also include a write up of my evaluation for those of you who prefer reading. So without further ado…
As you’re all already aware, i have been testing a home whitening kit and documenting it on here just to inform you guys as to whether it works or not. Being a skeptic, i knew that the best way to prove the validity of this evaluation is to take pictures with a camera in order to track the progress made.
Teeth stain removal is an area that has become very popular in the cosmetic industry. Professional treatment will typically will cost you an average of £500. This opened doors to many home brand manufacturers to come up with their own whitening treatments which is affordable, good value for money and one that is readily available to the consumer looking to whiten their teeth and remove teeth stains.
As always, pictures speak louder than words. So if you look at the first picture below:
This was taken on Day 0 which was before i started treatment. As you can see looking at the pic that it is not white at all and has a slight yellow tint to them which is very common with most teeth that aren’t cosmetically whitened.
The next pic below is around day 2 of treatment:
Again, hardly any difference in colouring, however you can see that the shiny tint to it has improved.
This next pic is around day 7 of treatment:
As you can see looking at the pic, this is where it’s starting to improve. At this point of treatment, i couldn’t really see the results clearly, thought i was feeling what it was doing to my teeth since i was constantly getting a constant tingling sensation and sensitivity around them which would last a few hours after removing the strips.
It wasn’t until day 10 when i really started to see changes to the colouring of my teeth:
As you can see, the difference was beginning to show. My teeth started to whiten andit looked cleaner overall and much more shinier than prior to starting treatment.
Soon after taking this photograph, i decided to take my last 2 photos with a high quality camera just to capture the finer details of my teeth and it’s true whiteness which my camera phone wasn’t able to capture.
This next picture was taken on day 13 of treatment:
By this point, my teeth had whitened considerably which confirmed that the the treatment did indeed work. Putting my skepticism aside, the final pic had confirmed to me that the treatment had worked very well and yet i was still 1 day away from the end of treatment.
Here is the final result:
By teeth by this point became very white and very natural. Looking at the picture, it’s very obvious that the treatment has worked and would very much recommend anyone who is thinking about whitening their teeth, to invest in the treatment as it’s very good value for money for what it achieves.
I have included a video of this review together with footage of my teeth, to prove that the photos weren’t edited in any way.
As always guys, feel free to ask me any questions of your own. If there’s a topic you’d like me to talk about on my blog or in video form, then be sure to drop me an email. I will be making some more videos and blogs very soon. But until then, have a happy new year and see you all in 2010!
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:
- tooth whitening part 2 – there are some commonly asked questions when it comes to professional whitening,apart from the question of cost. 1.how long does it last? as i mentioned previously,our teeth loses their whiteness over time and our lifestyle and diet …
- 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. …
Well it’s the start of a new year and thought i kick off with a brand new post relating to electric tooth brushes. In my last visit to the dentist, i was shown a professional level electric tooth brush which can be purchased and used by the consumer, which as part of the package, included 6 brush heads and a meter for measuring how long you brush each section for, and how hard you’re brushing.
What i was then told by my dentist was that it is an ideal way for keeping check of your teeth and removing teeth stains. This was emphasized to me after my check up with him was spent cleaning and polishing my teeth. He had explained to me that after his recent visit to a dental conference, that it was discovered by many professional dentists that no matter what the dentist does to their patients to clean their teeth, it is common for the teeth to revert back to how it was before it was cleaned.
This was when he introduced me to electric tooth brushes. Before my visit to the dentist, my initial thoughts on electric tooth brushes was of that of a gimmick and that it cleaned teeth no better than manual tooth brushes. However, with recent advancements in technology, it is clear that many consumers are now starting to notice the benefits of electric tooth brushes for removing teeth stains and are now investing into them.
This is mostly evident with the features present in these brushes which were previously unavailable to the general public, just a few years ago. Previous to this, if you wanted to get a thorough clean, you would have to go and visit your dentist.
However, it is now even easier to clean your teeth just by investing your time and money on advanced teeth cleaning equipment. The most expensive electric tooth brushes cost on average, around $70 which when compared to dental visits, is affordable.
So the question is, should we invest in an electric tooth brush?
I would say, yes. The reasons are quite simple to explain. They are designed to clean your teeth as effectively and as thorough as possible, in ways which a manual tooth can’t ever clean. in addition to this, you can also purchase brush heads which are specific to the type of teeth you’re brushing. I saw one which was designed to clean teeth with braces.
So whether you’re thinking of buying an electric tooth brush, i would say to really think about its benefits versus the cost of treatment at the dentist. The advantages of using one will benefit your teeth greatly.
In most articles catering to teeth care and mantenance, it usually assumes the reader will be of a young adult or 40 something. This article will cater more to the 60+ eldery and go on to explain how to to look after your teeth within this age group in order to prevent teeth stains which may have built up over the years of wear and tear.
The process of maintaining teeth as an elderly person is exactly the same, however, more careful consideration will need to be taken which will mean more meticulous and closer care.
The first thing you will need to bare in mind as an elderly person is that your teeth will have yellowed and worn out over the years. Your enamel will have weakened and plaque build up will have increased. If you have dentures, this is less of an issue, however it is important at this stage of your years to visit a dentist more often and with greater care.
Brushing your teeth is just as important. Each tooth will need to be brushed thoroughly, with close attention paid to each tooth. This will avoid tooth stain buildup which will be more likely to occur the older the person gets.
Teeth will naturally degrade over time so flossing and mouth washing will ned to be implemented. If you have been paying close atention to your teeth throughout your ages, your teeth should now be healthy enough to maintain and look and feel clean.
There will obviously look much different to the quality of teeth present in a youth, however, with general attention and care, the health of your teeth will be identical.
So to recap, the measures to look after your teeth for the elderly is the same but by paying closer attention to your teeth and being more meticulous. The process is straight forward and common sense which is the aim of my blogs. Follow the common sense and simple aproach and the general health of your teeth will be maintained.
Here is an interesting article about teeth surface cracks and enamel wear and tear:
- Cracking The Root Of STRONG TEETH! – Are Your Teeth This STrong? After years of biting and chewing, how are human teeth able to remain intact and functional? A team of researchers from The George Washington University and other international scholars have discovered …