Good mood, bad mood; hello, good-bye; friendly, loving, funny, grateful, sharing; every day we use our smiles to communicate emotions like these with the people around us. It’s the one thing that you can take anywhere, wear day after day, the accessory that’s guarranteed to make you look and feel better no matter what else is going on. So it really is tragic when dingy or discolored teeth make us too self conscious to use that smile like we should. The myth that yellowed or dimmed teeth are caused by a lack of oral hygiene is just that- a big myth. Sure, not properly brushing your teeth for years could cause increased staining- but you’d be more likely to suffer from bigger signs, like cavities, before you’d really see the difference.
Ask any Aventura cosmetic dentist and they’ll tell you that the real culprits for teeth staining are mainly the substances that we consume over time. Any dark, strongly colored food or drink, like coffee, wine, soda or berries, will eventually stain your teeth when consumed repeatedly. Ever look at the inside of a white coffee cup? That tan ring around the inside is exactly like the staining that dims your teeth. So now that you know how your teeth are getting stained, what can you do about it?
Treatment For Teeth Staining
There are a lot of over the counter treatments for teeth staining- but big surprise, they don’t work very well. It’s kind of like using a brightening detergent on a cloth stain that really needs bleach. And although many of these non-professional treatments use bleaching agents, they just aren’t strong enough to really conquer those stains. They can also be really incovenient to use, requiring you to walk around with uncomfortable gel trays or strips in your mouth for days. Aventura cosmetic dentist Dr. Howard Hoffman has a better way. With the Zoom professional teeth whitening solution, you’ll see up to eight shades of difference in just two 45 minute sesssions. Even the busiest of us can squeeze that in. Isn’t time to reclaim your bright, happy smile?
