People all around the world want an attention-grabbing, white, Hollywood smile. But most of the people do not keep their teeth clean. So an estimated 10 million people in America spend over a whopping 1.7 billion dollars on the tooth whitening products and related services this year. Teeth whitening is one of the most common cosmetic services in the world provided by the dentists and the tooth whitening products have increased the sales to a very high rate. You can also find a growing number of these products to choose from.
The stains in the teeth can be caused due to various food products such as coffee, wine, and soda and the below-mentioned points will explain the various methods to remove the stains caused by the above items. The removal is done safely and quickly with minimal discomfort.
The white color is lost due to the tooth stains produced by consuming different kinds of food items. Your teeth are actually made up of an outer enamel layer and an inner dentin layer and these layers protect your teeth. These layers are covered by another layer when you put stuff into your mouths such as cigarette, coffee, smoke, soda and much more. A pellicle film is formed by the accumulation of the foreign material over the enamel layer. The dentist is capable of scraping this film off from your teeth or this can settle down on the enamel layer and lead to some chemical reaction.
Most of the tooth whiteners use either hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide. When the product is used in the mouth, carbamide peroxide breaks into urea and hydrogen peroxide. Here, hydrogen peroxide acts as the active whitening ingredient. There are many methods to whiten your teeth where the products used for it ranges from whitening toothpaste to many other products used to remove the stains. The techniques used are light weighted whitening techniques and costs up to $1000 and will produce dramatic results. All the techniques in either of the two methods.
• Bleaching procedures will change the natural color of the teeth from five to seven shades brighter. At-home whitening and In-office whitening relies on bleaching. As mentioned above, bleaching contains either hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide in concentrations up to 22% and helps in the removal of both surface and deep stains.
• Non- bleaching procedures are carried out by chemical or physical action to remove the surface stains. All the branded toothpaste rely on mild abrasion in order to remove surface stains between the dental visits. Special polishing or chemical agents are present in whitening toothpaste and provide additional stain removal. A dental cleaning is very much required and this can be done either by a dentist or a hygienist. They use polishing and abrasion to remove the most external staining caused by tobacco and food.
The response to whitening procedures is different as some people do not find any changes after using whitening toothpaste. So they opt for another method such as bonding or porcelain veneers, especially the people with gray teeth. A dentist or a hygienist will recommend you the best option to choose.