Dental clinics offer to make snow-white teeth, but this procedure is not cheap. No wonder that many are thinking about how to whiten your teeth at home. Using old recipes really allow to lighten the enamel, but it must be remembered that the "home" means is not as harmless as it seems.

Where to begin

Even if you really want to whiten your teeth at home to start all the same to visit the dentist. This is necessary primarily for the reason that only healthy whiten teeth - in the presence of caries could lead to bleaching of pulpitis. In addition, bleaching is contraindicated if the enamel is thin, in such a case it is necessary to first conduct a course of procedures for restoration of enamel.

If you have plaque on the teeth, whiten teeth is meaningless. You must first make a professional dental cleaning. Even with very careful care at home is not always possible to completely clean the teeth in hard to reach places there is a touch or even tartar Plaque - why it should be removed? . Professional tooth cleaning procedure is considered to be completely safe procedure, which is shown to everyone. First solid dental deposits sonicated, then air jet with grains of soda soft plaque is removed, then the teeth are cleaned with special brushes with a professional and polished paste. The procedure can not be called pleasant, and for holders of sensitive teeth, it will even be painful. Yet it can not be neglected, because professional cleaning makes your teeth not only beautiful, but also helps to keep them healthy. After the procedure, the teeth can become brighter for a few tones - sometimes it is enough not to resort to bleaching.

Bleaching using gels

The most modern and popular way to whiten your teeth at home - to use special gels, which include hydrogen peroxide. Gels for home use are different from professional low concentration of active ingredients, so to whiten your teeth for fifteen minutes will not be possible - will need at least a week. But to carry out the procedure without leaving the house, which is very convenient.

The gel can be applied directly to the enamel ("Colgate-whitening") or poured in special cases, which are put on the teeth - Kappa .  Kappa can use universal and can be made individually .  In the latter case without a visit to the dentist can not do, but will have confidence that the gel covers the teeth uniformly .  Using generic mouthguards can significantly save money, but these mouthguards are less convenient to use and is not suitable for those who have little crooked teeth grow .  Mouthguards are worn at night or day for at least four hours .  Depending on the starting shade of the teeth of the reasons for the darkening of the enamel, and on the selected drugs clarification process can take from one week to two months .  It should be noted that this method is not completely safe: tooth enamel is exposed becomes less strong gel .  It is desirable that the intermediate results of supervised whitening dentist - you may need to take a break to use the gel to maintain healthy teeth .  In addition, after bleaching may need to use medications to restore the enamel .

At the "Colgate-whitening" on the teeth with a brush to apply a special gel frosting. The gel was kept on the teeth until it washed away by saliva. Applying the bleaching gel should be performed twice a day for two weeks. This gel is a relatively inexpensive, easy to use and safe for the enamel, but do not expect it to supernatural results: in the best case will brighten your teeth three to four tones after two weeks of use of funds.

Traditional recipes

Almost always and everywhere white teeth were considered a sign of beauty. And even in those days when dentists could not offer a miracle treatments for teeth whitening, people managed to make their smile more attractive by means of generations of proven popular recipes. Indeed, these recipes are very effective, but safe to call them is not always possible. Therefore, using folk remedies caution: should carefully weigh the "pros" and "cons" of procedures. After the application of some of these funds is very high risk, sometimes even irreparably damage the teeth.

The easiest way to whiten your teeth at home - wipe them with hydrogen peroxide. You can rinse your mouth with peroxide (after that it is necessary to spit and rinse your mouth with warm water), and can be applied to a cotton swab How to use sanitary pad - basic precautions Which wiped teeth. The procedure is not very pleasant, because the hydrogen peroxide in contact with the mucous can tingling and burning. However, this method really is effective - after two weeks of daily treatments teeth will become much whiter. Here are just using this effective method of dentists strongly advise against. Hydrogen peroxide in its pure form is extremely harmful to the teeth, it destroys the enamel and dentin can change the structure. As a result, after the application of hydrogen peroxide may require prolonged treatment of teeth.

Wood ash and activated carbon Activated carbon - old but indispensable . Oddly enough, both of these funds have been successfully used for teeth whitening Teeth whitening - which option is right for you? . Strictly speaking, using ash or coal teeth whitened as many cleared of plaque, but as a result they do become lighter. However, it is not necessary to use these tools too often: coal ash and clean the teeth due to particulate matter, ie they are abrasives, which can easily damage the enamel. Do not use these funds more than two or three times a week in order to avoid serious dental problems.

Teeth on the teeth are set in the case where the tooth is broken and not possible to recover it by means of sealing. Modern technologies and materials for crowns allow you to set your teeth on such prostheses which does not differ from healthy natural teeth.

In any case it requires artificial crown

Natural crown (the part of the tooth that protrudes above the gum) are often destroyed by opportunistic bacteria, constantly living in the mouth. In case of insufficient oral hygiene Oral hygiene - not only in the dentist's chair   bacteria multiply in large numbers and are deposited on the surface of the tooth enamel The enamel of the teeth: protection, this Nature Highlighting enzymes that erode the hard tissues of the tooth. The cause of tooth decay can also be injury or too much load on the teeth, leading to their premature abrasion. Premature erasing teeth can also be caused by the peculiarities of the human dental enamel.

Finally, a tooth, for some reason, it may change color (e.g., after treatment). To mask this defect also often required artificial crown.

Restoration of the tooth with an artificial crown

Artificial crowns relates to fixed types of dentures, which means that it is established and secured so that it can not be removed on their own, without the involvement of a dentist.

Dental crowns can be made from many different materials. Not long ago, the choice was not so great: metal or plastic. And they both crowns a very low aesthetic qualities and were very noticeable in the mouth. And if metal crowns may last a long time, the plastic quickly wore out and often cause allergies.

Today, at the request of the patient can be set as the bits of metal and plastic (they are cheaper), and modern materials - porcelain and metal. Porcelain crowns are beautiful, but short-lived, and is characterized as a cermet excellent appearance and durability.

There are certain rules of installation of artificial crowns. They must be made exactly in the form of a tooth removed or destroyed, it is also desirable to match the artificial tooth natural color (unless, of course, it's not metal crown, which in any case will be different from the rest of the teeth). The material from which made the crown must be biologically neutral, non-allergenic and does not react chemically with the tissues of the mouth.

Crowns that are installed on the teeth, can carry a different function: to restore the shape or color of the tooth (crown restoration), to be a support for a variety of dental prostheses (crowns fixing) or temporarily protect the teeth to be treated, from external influences (provisory crowns).

Traditional dental crowns

Traditional or slightly outdated types of dental crowns Dental Crowns - what will suit you?   include metal and plastic crowns.

Metal crowns good on posterior teeth - today and they basically set in this field, since they are durable and durability. For manufacturing metal crowns there are many different alloys of precious metals (gold and platinum, silver and palladium), and the crowns of less expensive alloys and cobalt chromium, titanium, steel (including special plated in gold). It is an ideal coating for posterior teeth.

Plastic dental crowns are made by punching, so they are different low-cost price. But these advantages of plastic crowns and ends: they are fragile, rapidly change their color and are often the cause of allergic reactions Allergic reactions: how to understand why you tickle in the throat . But this kind of crowns is perfect for a provisional (temporary, during the treatment of the tooth) prosthesis.

Modern types of dental crowns

For modern types of dental crowns are made of porcelain and metal-ceramic crowns.

Porcelain dental crowns look very nice because of the translucency, which is peculiar only to natural teeth. But these teeth are very fragile, often crack and break. Today, therefore, porcelain crowns put quite rarely and only on front teeth.

More often used for prosthetics cermet. The basis of the cermet is a metal frame (today it is most often made of zirconium oxide, non-metal, but it combines perfectly with the dental tissue), which is covered with porcelain. This combination of zirconia and porcelain making artificial crown is not only beautiful in appearance (all properties of porcelain preserved), but also durable, so cermet suitable as a prosthetic anterior and posterior teeth.

Today, losing a tooth - not a tragedy, even if it's a front tooth, which is the most conspicuous place.

Galina Romanenko