Are you looking at removing the dark stains on your teeth? Have you tried the available remedies? While exploring different options of lightening the color of your teeth, you should also think about teeth whitening.

Tooth whitening is nothing but a process of making your teeth white through bleaching or polishing the teeth. Teeth starts catching spots because the tooth enamel starts loosing color and smoking, aging, drinking of coffee, cola and alcohol causes further damage to the dentin. Tooth bleaching can be a good solution for making such spots lighter.

Caution:

While you decide to go for teeth whitening, you should avoid doing the same with the help of lemon or lemon juice. Citric acid and tablets containing vitamin C can cause harm to your teeth as well as to that of your young ones. This is because calcium content in your teeth reduces when it comes in contact with Vitamin C and thus, teeth get quickly damaged.

How can teeth whitening be helpful?

Teeth’s whitening is ideal for removing stains on your teeth. It does not require any kind of filling to be made and hence is even recommended for young kids. Teeth whitening to polish dark stains can be done at home too. You can make a tooth whitening paste at home by mixing honey, ground sugar charcoal and salt in appropriate quantities. Such a paste can then be applied on your teeth to see the results. Also, orange peel can help you to reduce the dark stains on teeth.

If you find home tooth whitening, difficult, you can consult professionals as well. Whitening strips can also help you out. They are made of thin plastic material with hydrogen peroxide coating and are flexible enough to reach the interior areas as well. They can be placed in your mouth for about 30 minutes per day.

Limitations of Teeth Whitening:

Teeth whitening fails to give proper results in the following circumstances:

  • When you have dark gray stains on your teeth
  • When dark stains are caused due to some medical history and long medications in the form of intake of tetracycline
  • Due to birth – passed in form of Congenital discoloration
  • Denture in teeth

Overall, brown teeth are hard to be lightened. However, tooth whitening is more effective for dark stains bearing yellow teeth.