Yellow teeth often give a bad impression and lower your confidence. Yellow teeth can also be great put off to your personality. Today, there are a lot of effective remedies to put an end to this awkward problem.
Ways to Get Back the Lost Confident Smile:
It is one of the common methods to treat yellow teeth. Procedure involves placing peroxide releasing materials on your teeth, this helps to lighten the shade of your teeth. Make sure you go to a good dentist for this; it takes around one to two hours to complete the procedure. If you don’t have enough time to go to the dentist, he will give bleaching trays which you can use at home.
These are specific moulds that easily fit your teeth. Bleaching agent/ gel is put in the tray and kept for an hour. This treatment takes 7 to 15 days to show results and is very effective, if performed under proper guidance by a dentist. It is also convenient and often saves your trip to dentist as you can try these at home. "There are many teeth whitening kits in the markets, but it is advisable to use these kits under your dentist guidance as the concentration of bleaching agent is not the same in all bleaching tray kits" says, Dr. Sanket Pandit, Dental Surgeon, consulting at Wockhardt Hospital.
Dental veneers are made up of porcelain. Your dentist will align them on to your tooth surface. Veneers last for five to ten years after which you need to replace them. It is advisable that you get them fitted by the dentist and also check whether they cause problem while eating or biting. Veneers can help you if your teeth are extremely stained. They can also solve problems if you have crooked teeth. One dental veneer can approximately cost round Rs. 6 to 12 thousand.
In laser whitening treatment, a gel with powerful bleaching agent is applied to teeth and then exposed to laser rays. The treatment is very fast and can be even completed in one hour. It yield instant results but is very expensive. Laser treatment gives you the white problem teeth which you long for but you have to limit the beverage intake causes teeth to turn yellow.
Other option to treat yellow and stained teeth is paint on bleach, which is nail polish like liquid, applied to teeth for bleaching. It is comparatively slow in showing results and can take almost a month to show its effects. You can use paint on bleach at home and it work best on mild yellow teeth. These show the result in span of a month or a two
- Other options to treat yellow teeth include whitening strips, whitening mouthwashes and whitening toothpastes.
Before trying any kind of remedies on your teeth remember that your tooth enamel is very fragile, so consult your dentist first.
In order to avoid yellowing of teeth you can take following precautions. Avoid tea, coffee, turmeric, wine, and sodas as they stain your teeth. Make sure to rinse your mouth with water immediately after consuming these. Limit your smoking habits if you already have yellow stained teeth. There are also many home remedies which can be effective, however, as these are not proven yet, consult your dentist before trying them on.
Remember: Practice good dental hygiene to prevent dental problems.
