How Food Can Affect Your White Teeth
White teeth are, let’s face it, very high maintenance. There are literally dozens of different treatments all dedicated to the acquisition and maintenance of white teeth. Just one more road bump on the road to white teeth may be the foods we eat. What foods make your teeth darker or stained in appearance, what other things contribute to the yellowing or coloring of your teeth, and how to fix the problem without ceasing to eat completely are all very important factors to remember when trying to maintain healthy white teeth.
Which Foods
There are a few foods that are commonly known to cause the staining of teeth and a duller smile. These include coffee, red wine, and blueberries. All of these are very hard on beautiful white teeth, and the teeth whiteners bought to combat these foods can be very expensive. Flavored drinks that contain any dark dye, like powered drink mixes can cause teeth staining. Tea and colas are also common enemies to white teeth, as well as anything that is comprised of soy sauce – soy sauce is common in sauces, ethnic foods and marinades, staining the teeth. Other foods that are or contain staining agents include dark fruit juices, candy bars with dyes, and anything with food coloring in it.
Not Only Foods?
Along with foods, other things that you intake or allow to come in contact with your teeth can also affect their whiteness, and combined with the foods listed above can cause havoc to them. Anything that you eat that causes significant damage to the tooth enamel, like acidic foods and drinks and carbonated beverages, can allow staining particles through the enamel more easily, allowing the material to stain the teeth. Multivitamins often have a considerable amount of iron, which is good in moderation. But keep an eye on it – iron in multivitamins and iron-rich foods like liver or molasses can causing the staining of the teeth. Chewing tobacco, cigarette smoking, and poor dental hygiene are also culprits – perhaps the biggest ones – of stained teeth.
How to Fix It
Obviously we can’t just stop eating all of the above foods because they might stain our teeth, so what to do? Stop smoking or using chewing tobacco immediately – the stains these products cause are truly not nearly as reversible as other staining agents. Dentists suggest rinsing your mouth or brushing your teeth after you eat substances known to cause staining. Good oral hygiene is among the most useful things you can do for your white teeth. If you use whitening solutions found in mouth trays or at-home whitening kits make sure not to eat or drink anything that may stain your teeth afterward. Whitening solutions are especially designed to increase the size of the pores in your enamel and staining agents taken afterward will be able to use those opened pores to actually stain your teeth worse than before. In general if you practice good oral hygiene and take in everything else in moderation, your teeth can stay whiter longer.
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