Whitening teeth at home

Beautiful andsnow white smile will be the property of any person. To maintain or restore the whiteness of tooth enamel, you need to contact a professional.

However, if the procedure for a dentist does not have enough time and money, you can use folk methods and conduct successful teeth whitening at home.

Home teeth whitening: pros and cons ^

• The fact that tooth enamel begins to lose color is mostly responsible for the time, because such a natural factor as aging leads to its darkening.
• In addition, the negative way of life can negatively affect the snow-white smile. For example, almost all people who smoke people have yellow teeth.
• On the same issue can complain and fans of black tea, coffee, wine and juices and other products containing a large number of food colorings.
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• To darken the tooth enamel, non-observance of hygiene rules can also result, namely poor cleaning or even its absence.

People who have this unpleasant problem can seek help from a specialist or conduct teeth whitening at home. Most often they want to find answers to the following questions:

What are the methods of teeth whitening?

The bleaching procedure can be carried out using folk remedies and medicines purchased at the pharmacy. Depending on whether the tooth enamel has turned black or yellow, the optimal method of bleaching is chosen.

In the arsenal for home whitening includes a variety of whitening toothpastes and chewing gums, gels and rinses. In addition, this procedure can be carried out using the gifts of nature, for example, bananas, oranges, strawberries, bay leaves, etc.

Professional whitening is performed by a dentist using special equipment. Salon methods include: mechanical, ultrasonic, chemical methods, laser bleaching, photobleaching.

Is tooth whitening harmful?

Using the procedure for home whitening, it must be remembered that with each session the tooth enamel becomes thinner, so you need to be very careful.

If you frequently use the products for home whitening, the damaged enamel will be impossible to restore. Naturally, the teeth will not fall out from this, but the quality of life will change because of their hypersensitivity.

How long is the result from home whitening?

The effect of home whitening is maintained for a long time. However, with the abuse of coffee or frequent smoking, the enamel will quickly turn yellow again.

Contraindications to whitening

The following procedures should be discarded:

• for pregnant and lactating mothers,
• for children under 18 years of age,
• for people with periodontics or tooth decay,
• with increased sensitivity of tooth enamel.

What teeth whitening is the safest?

The most safe for teeth specialists consider mechanical whitening, which is performed by a specialist. However, the effect of this procedure is not very noticeable, since the teeth are lightened by only a couple of tones.

The main drawback of most techniques is that enamel damage occurs, and the teeth become sensitive and weak.

Safe methods of teeth whitening at home: the pros and cons ^

Fortunately, there is a safe and inexpensive approach to solving this problem, namely home bleaching. Choose the most appropriate method will be easier if you become familiar with the most popular techniques.

Teeth Whitening Oil for Teeth Whitening

In order to get an excellent result, you need to buy tea tree oil, which is sold in each pharmacy. To fully whiten the enamel, it is recommended to rinse daily. For one rinse, you need to add 5 drops of essential oil in half a glass of water. Soon it will be possible to notice a tremendous result.

First, the teeth will become cleaner, the plaque will cease to settle on them, the unpleasant odor from the mouth will disappear. Tea tree oil has the property of destroying tartar and perfectly bleaching.

In order for the tea tree oil to pass quickly and more intensively, you can brush your teeth with a normal brush and toothpaste, then rinse your mouth, apply a little oil on the brush and clean it again. However, do not get carried away by direct oil cleaning, since abuse can lead to the destruction of enamel.

Tooth whitening with hydrogen peroxide

When using hydrogen peroxide, remember that this is a strong oxidizer and its frequent use can lead to damage to the enamel of the teeth.

The safest way to use hydrogen peroxide is to rinse:

• To do this, dilute the peroxide with water in a one-to-one ratio.
• After the preparation of the solution, it is necessary to thoroughly clean the teeth with toothpaste, and then rinse the oral cavity with the prepared liquid.
• To rinse the residue of hydrogen peroxide in the mouth, you should rinse your mouth thoroughly with plain water.

In a day you need to rinse 2 times. In order not to harm a tooth enamel, to carry out such procedure no more than 7 days on end.

Teeth whitening with activated carbon

A popular mechanical method is the use of activated carbon:

• To prepare a mixture of coal, place the tablet on a plate and knead it to the consistency of the powder.
• The toothbrush must be soaked and seized with the resulting powder.
• For greater convenience, it is possible to mix the activated carbon powder with a small amount of toothpaste and thoroughly brush the teeth with this mixture.

It's not likely to get a result quickly from such a procedure, as it will appear gradually. Frequent use of this method is not recommended. The optimal number is 2-3 times a month. As a rule, the result will be visible after 30 days.

Teeth whitening with

soda The basis of this method for clarifying enamel is the mechanical removal of plaque by the action of soda on it. In order to apply soda, it is necessary to fold the gauze into several layers, put some baking soda on it and rub this toothpaste with a tooth surface.

The result of using this method will manifest itself quickly enough. But you should know that soda adversely affects the state of tooth enamel. To prevent this from happening, you should limit the cleaning of soda to 1 time per week.

Teeth whitening with banana peel

Using banana peels is the safest of all the methods offered and at the same time the cheapest one.

The procedure will take no more than five minutes, and the teeth will become snow-white very soon:

• To do this, you need to peel the banana from the rind, take some of the rind and rub it on the inner side with the tooth surface for 3 minutes.
• After this, the mouth should be thoroughly rinsed with plain water.

Tooth whitening with salt

To achieve the desired result with sodium chloride, the following steps must be taken:

• Fold gauze several times.
• Pour a little salt into it and fold the fabric again.
• Wet gauze with warm water.
• Wipe tooth enamel with gauze for 3 minutes.
• Number of procedures - no more than 1 per day.

Teeth whitening at home: reviews, results, photos before and after ^

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Reviews on teeth whitening at home will help to understand if a particular way of lightening the teeth is suitable for a person.

Andrew, 30 years old:

"After I started smoking, I had a very unpleasant problem, namely, yellowing of the teeth. I did not have time to visit the dentist, so I decided to use folk methods. I chose the easiest and safest way - bleaching with a banana peel. The result is satisfied, since a month later I saw the result. "

Alina, 36 years old:

"I use soda from time to time as a clarification of tooth enamel. Despite the visible result after the procedure, I'm not entirely satisfied with it. The thing is that lovers of coffee and tea, it does not fit, because the effect will disappear after a couple of days. In addition, over time, I began to notice the increase in sensitivity of my teeth to hot and cold. "

Galina, 20 years old:

"A snow-white and attractive smile is the desire of every girl. I was not an exception. The eye caught the home method with the help of tea tree oil. I follow the procedure clearly according to the instructions. I try not to abuse it. I'm happy with the result, I did not find any shortcomings. "