Hi Dr. I used to eat tobacco due to which my teeth got yellowish and coloured with tobacco colour. How can I clean my teeth to get rid of that colour. Please advice.
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Get your teeth cleaned professionally by scaling and polishing. Maintain oral hygiene by brushing twice a day. Go for bleaching of teeth if required.
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Go for full mouth scaling.
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For better looking teeth, the first and most important thing is that you teeth should be clean, and free from plaque (accumulated food debris) and stains. For that, you must get professional scaling/cleaning done from a dentist. After that, you can head for tooth whitening procedures such as bleaching and laser tooth whitening. Home remedies such as lemon peel and apple cider vinegar can be used, but being acidic in nature, they eventually wear off the outermost layer of teeth (enamel) making them weak in the long run. So better go for trusted scientific procedures. Hope that helps.
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Hello lybrate-user, these tobacco stains, if tobacco is used for shorter period, are generally extrinsic, that is they remain over the tooth surface. But if it is taken since long 5-10 years or more, they become intrinsic, that is its shade start to appear from within the teeth. Extrinsic stains go away after professional cleaning and polishing of teeth but intrinsic stains appears like the teeth colour has become darker and it needs bleaching procedure. Kindly visit a dentist for diagnosis of the type of stains you have and go for the required treatment.
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The simplest method of removing minor surface stains is polishing, or micro-abrasion if staining is more intrinsic. Provided that your discolouration is not due to inadequate enamel exposing the dentin, tooth whitening (bleaching) is often the most effective treatment for yellow stained teeth. Advance procedures can be done with laser. Use snowdent tooth paste for whitening until then. Apply snowdent paste on the teeth. Wait for 10 to 15 min. Then brush your teeth with the same paste. Applying it overnight for better results.
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