Common Stains On Teeth

Stains on your teeth, why are they so hard to get rid of? Who really likes to go to the dentist office? I know that I don’t, but some of the common stains on your teeth are from soda, smoking, coffee and tea, which makes it difficult for common toothpastes to remove. “Problems that disturb tooth development during pregnancy and in early childhood (i.e. medications, high childhood fevers, infections and chronic illness, malnutrition, birth defects, excess fluoride etc.) can produce discoloration that is inside the tooth. These "stains" are present as the tooth first appears and may be in the enamel and/or the dentin.” for more info go to http://www.aboutsmiles.org/prevs.htm

What causes the teeth to stain sometimes, it is a traumatic injury. One friend of mine had a bicycle accident when she was seven and she flipped over her bicycle and rocks flew into her mouth and she permanently discolored her teeth. For teens and adults, most dental staining is caused by every day habits. Early tooth decay discolors tooth enamel below the surface. This happens as frequent consumption of sugars and starches stimulate certain bacteria to produce plaque acids.

Most stains come from everyday habits and lack of oral hygiene. Sometimes a worn toothbrush or dental crowding cause stains also. Age is also another factor. As people grow older their teeth produce more stains. Teeth were never actually white they are a light yellow or even a light yellow-reddish color. Surface enamel cracks and erodes, exposing dentin, the less dense inside of the tooth, which absorbs food color. Stains also latch onto the plaque and tartar build up on teeth, finding anchorage among the nooks and crannies.

Here is some information regarding stained-producing substance and what color it turns your teeth. Tetracycline makes your teeth turn brown, gray, or black and old fillings also turn this color. Fluoride makes your teeth white, yellow, brown, gray, or black. Wine will make your teeth turn yellow. Tobacco will make your teeth turn yellow -brown or black. Coffee, tea, and coke will make your teeth turn brown to black and finally poor oral hygiene will make your teeth turn yellow to brown.

Some teeth contain heavy internal stains that are either hereditary or caused by certain medications that were given during tooth development. The most common stains of this kind are the ones caused by Tetracycline.

According to Dr. Levine, tooth stains fall into two categories: the teeth are either Extrinsic (external) or Intrinsic (internal). External stains are yellow and brown and these can easily be whitened. Internal stain grey or blue and can be removed with more intensive whitening treatment. The common causes of these stains are aging, hereditary conditions, antibiotics, fluoride and trauma to teeth. That is why people are using teeth whitening kits to get rid of the stains.

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