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Some of friends told me that cleaning/whitening my teeth at the dentist's will take its enamel off and they will become sensitive to hot and cold food/water. Is that true?
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Too much of everything is bad for health. Such treatments have to be done. As per situation. And as one needs. Enamel layer never peels off while scaling. It only helps in removing all the tarter /deposit on teeth. And bleaching helps in whitening of teeth.
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Hi lybrate-user cleaning and whitening of teeth are two different things. Cleaning is known as scaling and it doesn't remove enamel layer where as whitening is done by bleaching which can cause sensitivity to hot and cold. Hope it clarifies your doubt
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