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Beating coffee stains with the help of natural homemade methods

Topic: Digestive WellnessPublished May 8, 2012

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It is difficult to say ‘No’ to a cup of coffee, even if you know that your teeth with time will be covered with coffee stains. Although a short visit to your dentist may fix all the problems, not everyone of us has the time, and more often the money to pay your dentist a visit. So what do you do to regain that beautiful bright smile of yours? Home made remedies to the rescue. BAKING SODA Baking soda is something that everybody has at home. In fact, it is a commonly known fact that some of the most popular toothpaste brands add a tiny bit of baking soda to increase its whitening capacity. Just enough of peroxide mixed with baking soda turns into a paste that you can use to brush your teeth with when you wake up in the morning, as well as before you go to bed. If you cannot bare the taste of this homemade liquid, you may consider adding an optional flavoring. Lemon juice is often recommended as such flavoring, but using it may may heard your enamel. An important thing to note is that brushing your teeth with baking soda should only be done occasionally, not more than a few times a month. rnHOME WHITENING KITS Home whitening kits can also be used to help get rid of those brownish stains. There are quite a few pros of using teeth whitening kits. They are relatively inexpensive to buy, widely available, don’t require a prescription and are quite easy to use. They do provide great results if used according to the product instruction. TEETH WHITENING STRIPS Teeth whitening strips have lots of pros, as well as a few cons. The main advantage of using whitening strips is that are inexpensive, they work quite well for medium improvement and they are more discreet than say a teeth whitening tray. The problem with using teeth whitening strips is when you have very sensitive teeth. In this case you should be very careful. These can make your teeth even more sensitive. TEETH WHITENING TRAYS Although teeth whitening trays save you from paying a fortune to your dentist, there are a few problems involved with their usage. First of all, they do take some time to produce a desirable effect. Another thing that is commonly linked to teeth whitening trays is that they more often than not cause significant irritation of the gums. Also, because all trays are normally made to be equal in size, they can dig between your teeth and gums and cause lots of pain and discomfort. USING SMOKERS TOOTHPASTE Although it is designed to cure the stains left by smoking, smokers toothpaste also help get rid of stains left by coffee drinking. These can be bought at any pharmasy and don’t require a medical prescription. As the say goings, “prevention is the best medicine”. If not drinking coffee is not an option, it makes sense to consider drinking it through a straw, so it won’t stain your teeth that much.

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The author of this article is grateful to Dr. Chaulong Nguyen who kindly shared her knowledge and experience with him while he was writing this article. Please visit her site at mpdentalexcellence.com

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