Teeth Whitening Questions

Cause of discoloration – smoking, coffee, tea, drugs, aging, staining food (wine, blueberry, etc.) genetics. You may have a yellow bacterial film called “plaque” that occurs naturally in mouth that can build up. If not removed it hardens to form tartar. Advise deep cleaning, polishing, whitening (bleaching) procedures, artificial enamel filling or capping. Advance procedures can be done with laser. Use snowdent tooth paste for whitening until then. Apply snowdent paste on the teeth. Wait for 10 ...more

Over the time, enamel can develop surface stains caused by your daily diet. However, some people also have teeth that naturally appear yellow, regardless of what they eat or drink. This is because the layer of dentin underneath the enamel naturally looks a little yellowish. But even if you have a naturally yellow teeth, nowadays a lot of options are available that can mask the yellow colour of your teeth. For that you need to seek professional help. I would suggest you, to pay a visit to your ne...more

Hello, internal staining of teeth cannot be rectified with scaling. For this options availaible are - bleaching, micoabrasion,macroabrasion, and if the these remedies also did not work, you have to go for veneers or full crowns.

Hello lybrate-user,
teeth whitening is not a permanent procedure, but a semi permanent one. Effects depend on diet (turmeric and colas are to be avoided) and maintenance of teeth.
Laminates are a permanent solution. To change both colour and shape
see your smile, do you want to change the shape of your tooth, or its just the color.
And then take a call
if its only the shade of the tooth, go for whitening.

Teeth whitening can be done in 2ways scaling and bleeching
for scaling 2 visits are required with gap of 2 days
for bleeching1 day and 1 day for polishing.

Hello lybrate-user
the yellow colour of our teeth depends on our skin tone too.
With age also our teeth get yellow colour due to the deposition of enamel; which is normal. If the function of the teeth are not affected and they are not giving your smile an ugly look. In that case you should just bear with them.

Cause of discoloration – smoking, coffee, tea, drugs, aging, staining food (wine, blueberry, etc.) genetics. You may have a yellow bacterial film called “plaque” that occurs naturally in mouth that can build up. If not removed it hardens to form tartar. Advise deep cleaning, polishing, whitening (bleaching) procedures, artificial enamel filling or capping. Advance procedures can be done with laser. Use snowdent tooth paste for whitening until then. Apply snowdent paste on the teeth. Wait for 10 ...more

Your teeth might need complete scaling and polishing. Dentist will prescribe a suitable mouthwash to be used twice or thrice daily. You can go for teeth whitening professional tooth bleaching provided by your dentist for night bleach or tooth bleaching in dental office.

Hey there, this is harmful for teeth as the charcoal acts as abrasive and acts by removing the top layer of your teeth.
Offcourse it will show effects but with regular use you can develop tooth sensitivity.
Instead go in for scaling followed regular dental visits and make it a habit to brush twice daily specially at night.

Use whitening toothpaste, chew few leaves of basil in the morning, use baking soda paste with your paste at night this will help.