Friday, June 29, 2007

teeth whitening

Teeth become yellow and pale due to age, consumption of tea and coffee, tobacco and cigarette. People who get their teeth yellow get teeth polish or tooth bleach done to remove the tarter from the teeth, which makes them appear pale and dull in the color. Professional dentist do the cleaning of the teeth with many sittings. But further consumption of the tea, coffee and tobacco keeps making the teeth pale. So one time cleaning can never keep the clean permanently. One requires teeth cleaning done many times in life if one wants the teeth to look pearl white. Some home remedies help to keep the teeth white in color to some extent, which can be applied on everybody's teeth except the sensitive teeth. As people with sensitive teeth don't know what is going to affect their teeth. You can try these home remedies to whiten the pale and yellow teeth to some extent.

  • A mixture of eatable soda with few drops of lemon juice should be applied on the teeth and should be left for few minutes. Then gargle the teeth. You can practice this everyday till you notice the change in the color of your teeth.
  • Dried orange peel's powder can be rubbed on the teeth. It is a rich source of calcium and vitamin C, which keeps the teeth healthy, strong and improves the color.
  • A little salt with a few drops of lemon juice should be applied on the teeth and should be left on the teeth for few minutes so that it could remove the tarter and could lighten the tint of the teeth.
  • The white part of the orange peels adds shine to the teeth if rubbed on them.
  • Oldies recommend soft neem branches to be used as a toothbrush to clean the teeth. They believe that chewing neem branches helps in tackling teeth problems and clears the yellowness from the teeth.
  • Ancient people used to make a powder of almond peels and used to use to it with a little salt on the teeth to whiten them.
  • Pepper essence mixed with salt should be applied on the teeth to whiten them.

You can try any of the options suitable for you to whiten the teeth. You can make your teeth pearly white but you have to be careful about the excess consumption of tea, coffee and nicotine as they decay the teeth and spoil their color.

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