Can there be anything worse than yellow and brown stains marring your smile. In spite of your best efforts, your smile will fail to impress others; instead, it will disgust them. What causes those ugly stains on your teeth? Ask anyone, and he/she will say, ‘poor oral hygiene.’ A stained smile is the biggest indicator of poor hygiene. Let’s look at what other factors cause the discoloration of teeth.

• Consumption of colored food
• Consumption of carbonated drinks
• Excessive consumption of tea and coffee
• Smoking and consumption of tobacco in other forms
• Consumption of red wine
• Certain medication
• Teeth decay
• Teeth injury

If you are one of those who take utmost care of their dental health and still have stained teeth, visit your dentist at once. Your dentist will help find the underlying cause of the stains on your teeth and treat you accordingly. If, on the other hand, you think your disregard of dental care is the culprit, get cracking today; pick up the toothbrush and check your teeth in the mirror.

Professional dental cleaning is the first thing you should go for when you notice stains on your teeth. Your dentist may recommend other procedures if the stains are stubborn. Here are some dental treatments that help clean your teeth.

• Enamel micro-abrasion
• Bonding
• Veneers

Contact us  for whitening treatments and find out if they are suitable for you. Zoom whitening is one whitening treatment that is becoming very popular. It is a very fast and convenient procedure. If you want more than cleaning and whitening, visit Wayzata Dental and Smile Spa.

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       Coffee tastes great and it’s hard to stop drinking it, however, it stains your teeth and causes coffee smile. Coffee beans have a dark brown color that sinks into teeth. The brown stain causes teeth to darken but it’s most noticed on the upper front teeth of coffee drinkers.

         Sipping on coffee throughout the day bathes teeth in the coffee stain. Coffee coats the teeth and sinks in. The shorter the time spent drinking coffee, the less chance it has of causing coffee smile. It’s best to drink coffee over a short period of time and then rinse with a glass of water.

          Fortunately, dental whitening is effective in removing coffee smile. Teeth are made of salt crystals like table salt and tooth crystals are naturally white. Staining is caused when coffee coloring gets inside the salt. Tooth whitening can be effective in removing the stain. It involves soaking the teeth in a liquid that goes into the tooth and dissolves everything not part of the crystal. The result is that the tooth is left with it’s natural white color.

          If you have coffee smile and are interested in a beautiful new smile then make an appointment with Wayzata Dental. Please call 952.473.4900

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With the increasing popularity of whitening one’s teeth, researchers at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, set out to learn if there are negative effects on the tooth from using whitening products.
Weakened and eroded enamel may speed up the wear of the tooth and increase the risk for tooth decay to quickly develop and spread. “Most soft drinks, including sodas and fruit juices, are acidic in nature,” Ren said. “Our studies demonstrated that the orange juice, as an example, can potentially cause significant erosion of teeth.”
In the meantime, Ren advises that consumers be aware of the acidic nature of beverages, including sodas, fruit juices, sports and energy drinks. The longer teeth are in contact with the acidic drinks, the more severe the erosion will be. People who sip their drinks slowly over 20 minutes are more likely to have tooth erosion than those who finish a drink quickly. It’s also very important to keep good oral hygiene practices, Ren added, by brushing twice daily with fluoride toothpaste, and see a dentist for a fluoride treatment at least once a year if you are at risk.

Keep those teeth safe from erosion by scheduling an appointment at Wayzata Dental today. Please call 952.473.4900 to schedule your routine cleaning and whitening visit.

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