C. Booth
Last Updated on January 7, 2021
Are you yearning for that healthy, pearly-white smile? Guess what! Not just you, everyone is!
Unfortunately, this dream of a flawless and attractive smile seems hard to attain as it requires a total makeover in the diet we follow, the habits we do, and surprisingly many other factors that have never ever crossed our little minds! Striving for a whiter smile like me?
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Following the Wrong Diet
Are you fed up using the whitening strips, gels, and
There are certain foods and drinks that you should totally avoid or at least consume moderately. And here, we are not only talking about your multiple cups of coffee or tea but about many other consumables that are just as bad when it comes to ruining your attractive smile.
Among these foods and drinks are the sugary and acidic ones, such as citrus fruits, dark berries, candy, sodas, and the list is long. These foods and drinks don’t directly stain and discolor your teeth but gradually eat away at the enamel on your teeth, exposing the yellow “dentin” underneath.
Surprisingly, white wine can also, according to many studies, leave darker stains on your pearly teeth!
You Don’t Brush Your Teeth Regularly
Using the whitening products alone are never enough to have that pearly stunning smile. Brushing your teeth is also an important step you should seriously consider when it comes to teeth whitening. So, if you’re not brushing your teeth regularly and after each and every meal you take, let me be honest with you, the results will be just disappointing!
I’m not trying to bring you down rather I’m trying to help you understand that what your dentist has been always telling you since you were a kid is definitely not just a nonsense talk! In fact, your mouth is very similar to a cesspool. It is teeming with germs and leftover food.
For this reason, it is very important that you clean it regularly. You lunched out and you can’t get a toothbrush? Well, you still have another option. You can swish and spit some water to get rid of any staining material.
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Or You’re Brushing More Than You Should
While brushing your teeth regularly is important to keep your teeth healthy and white, overbrushing is bad and may cause your teeth’s discoloration. According to recent studies, the whitening toothpaste we are using for the sake of having a flawless smile can indeed give the opposite results if used excessively. I bet you didn’t know that, right!
In fact, these toothpastes are made with abrasive agents, which work by physically scrubbing away the stains existing on the surface of your teeth without causing any damages to the enamel. However, if you brush your teeth more than you should and exceed the normal prescribed amount, you will very simply end up exposing that same yellow-colored dentine.
You’re Genetically Predisposed To Yellow
Sorry everyone, sometimes no matter how hard you try to change the physical makeup of your teeth, they will just remain the same. What you should be aware of is that not all enamel is created equal. While some people are gifted with pearly-white teeth others are not.
What really happens with the latter category of people is that their bodies produce enamel in a particular unbleached color. Therefore, you know the rest! I know it’s frustrating and sounds unfair. Blame yourself not, it’s the genetics!
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You Took, Or Are Taking, Certain Meds
You might want to hear this: The medicine you take doesn’t only target what it’s supposed to treat but it might have other unwanted side effects on all other parts of your body, including your precious teeth.
What happens is that once you take the medicine your doctor has prescribed for you, the medicine spreads throughout the whole of your body via your bloodstream until it reaches your teeth and you know what happens next!
Of course, not all medicines but only some of them may darken your teeth and even leave stains on them.
You’re somehow a smoker
Many people find it hard to believe that smoking can ruin their smile. But what most people ignore is that while smoking, you are actually inhaling oxygen into your lungs through your mouth. This oxygen you are inhaling reacts with the nicotine existing in cigarettes and cigars, therefore, leaves your teeth yellow and discolored.
Honestly speaking, we need one whole article to speak about this point. But for the time being, it is enough to put in mind that not only smoking damages your teeth but also causes you all types of mouth cancers, such as the esophagus, gums, throat, etc.
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You’re getting old
You just have to accept the fact that you are aging and you will definitely be peaceful with the changes. As you grow old, your teeth tend to lose their luster and become yellower day after day even if you have a mouth full of healthy teeth.
That’s because aging can lead to thinning your enamel. This means that the enamel surface becomes thinner and more transparent, which in return allows the thicker and yellowish dentin to show through.
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