Various people visit the dentist with one common question in their mind how the teeth can be turned whiter. This question many times is on the priority list and teeth are one such part that makes a person’s smile appealing.

Comparison to the products available at a pharmacy for whitening teeth; the products used at dentist Essex offer higher strength and bring the desirable colour.

Following is a small depiction of checkpoints to whitening your teeth, however, it depends on causes associated with teeth staining. 

Causes Lead to Discolouration

Enamel is the outer layer of the teeth and with age, this layer turns worn down and more transparent, thus the inner tooth structure gets visible.

Two Classes of Tooth Staining:

• Extrinsic (external) staining – a common cause leads due to smoking or  too much consumption of tea, coffee, red wine or bad oral hygiene
• Intrinsic (internal) staining – causes due to trauma and too much fluoride exposure during teeth development or medicine.

Food and Drink

It’s an extrinsic tooth cause and staining takes place on the outer layer of a tooth due to the ingestion of high pigmented foods and drinks like black and green tea, coffee, and red wine.

Age

Age doesn’t contribute to making your teeth yellow, however, the outer layer enamel gets thinner and so, it shows through the inside layer that is less white and teeth become discoloured.

Trauma

Inner staining occurs due to trauma like falls, medicines (tetracycline causes staining to a child’s teeth or when ingested by mothers during the second half of pregnancy or by a kid up to 8 years old), or when you come in excess contact with fluoride during the development of teeth.

Whitening Solutions

So what is the best way to keep your teeth white? Good oral hygiene and six-month checkup at the dentist Essex and cleans can help in keeping your teeth white. The dentists remove extrinsic staining sometimes; however, intrinsic cleaning may need some treatment. 

Porcelain Veneers

Porcelain veneers are thin Porcelain caps paved over your front teeth to get the appreciable desired result. The teeth turn well-shaped and white alongside matches with the look of your natural teeth. You can ask more to the dentist in this respect.

Whitening Process

Various whitening processes are available, here at dentist Essex you will find the various process to whiten your teeth.

In case, you wish to whiten your teeth because of an upcoming event and you need instant whitening then the in-chair whitening system is the best. 

In-chair Whitening

High strength peroxide activated with a shining light and takes two hours and it is a good option for the poor patients or patients who wish to attend an event and need a quick result.

At-home Whitening 

During this process, the dentist takes upper and lower moulds of your teeth to create the custom-fitted bleaching trays. Once you get the trays, you just have to wear your trays contain the whitening gel and it is carried for a few weeks and the duration of wear can be one hour. You can do this at home while you watch TV, movies, videos, or reading a book. It will help in whitening your teeth.

Visit a dentist and ask about the discolouration causes and solutions.