WHITENING TOOTH PASTES - DO THEY WORK?

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    When it comes to the color of the teeth, everyone wants a full bright white smile. And to fulfill this need, using a whitening tooth paste is the most common, easy, cheap but not correct way to improve the color of the teeth.

WHAT'S A WHITENING TOOTH PASTE(WTP) ?

    A regular tooth paste is designed to remove some surface stains and improve the health of your mouth. A whitening tooth paste(wtp) is designed to help make your smile brighter by removing even more surface stains with some extra ingredients.
Wtp has two types of ingredients:
-  Abrasives- These ingredients attempt to polish your teeth by just scrubbing the tooth surface and also damaging the protective layer.
-  Chemicals- Applying whitening chemicals attempt to breakdown stains through chemical interactions.
    Actually most of the tooth pastes available in the market have some abrasives to help clean your teeth. But these wtp have more amount of abrasives and some extra added chemicals than the normal toothpastes. Which can be harmful for your teeth.

HOW DO WHITENING TOOTH PASTES WORK ??

 The abrasives present in wtp remove the superficial stains by scrubbing more hard on enamel. The chemical present are the bleaching agents which sort of bleaches out the dark stains present on the outer most layer. These wtp works only on extrinsic stains having no effect on the deeper stains. After you start using a wtp, it can take several weeks for you to see any difference. Wtp does not change the actual colour of the teeth.

RESULTS OF WHITENING TOOTH PASTE -

   Wtp seems to be the most easy way to keep your teeth white, but very few dentists recommend any type of wtp because they have little to no effect. The chemicals they use need to be in contact with the teeth for atleast 20 minutes in one go to show any difference. And the abrasives remove the tooth structure by scraping away the teeth layer in long use. All over, these tooth paste have least effect on whitening your teeth.

Your teeth are the only part of your skeleton that's visible and they are also bone white. But beauty standards and the commercials make us think they should be pearly white. And there are thousands of products claim to hold the key for a brighter smile in the form of tooth pastes, and makes us think that these wtp contains a magical substance which will magically convert your teeth in shiny white by just one use, which is far impossible.

What really works??

You must watch that your teeth must be healthy rather than white. Dentists recommend, the best way to keep your teeth looking good is by keeping them healthy. If you are brushing properly for two minutes twice a day, changing your brush on time, flossing and visiting the dentist on regular basis, that gives the natural healthy look to your teeth. Just because they are not pearly white as any movie star, doesn't mean you should risk damaging your teeth. And if there are some serious issue with the color, visit a dentist for an expert advice.

                  

                HAVE A HEALTHY SMILE😁

THANK YOU

REGARDS : Dr. MITALI PATEL