DYI: Beautiful Smiles Without Dentist’s ‘Help’

Society has different standards of accepting someone. It might seem a little harsh to you, but the world today sizes everyone up by the way they look, act, walk, talk, and smile. Hence you can safely admit that veneers and mouth have a great role to play in one’s – both personal and professional alike.

A beautiful smile is one of the desired traits that every man and woman admires. A smile, when perfectly maintained, can be the reflection of one’s intellect, full facial contours, personality and overall charisma. However, every one isn’t lucky enough to get by with excellent porcelain veneers.

To put it in more technical terms, this article is about DIY Dentistry, the Do – It – Yourself approach to keeping your teeth healthy, white ‘n shiny, without having to dole out huge sums of money to the dentists out there. Of course, you have to know that this article isn’t going to suggest any misguiding facts, as if you can supposedly take care of all sort of dental scenarios at home.

At its best, we’re just going to talk about minor level enhancements and precautionary measures that can “pimp” up the way your teeth are… or so to speak. Okay the first and the foremost element of a beautiful smile is your tooth brush. We all know it; we all love to ignore its existence as much as we can. Admit it, how long have you been brushing your teeth twice a day? Are you honest with yourself? Are you giving your teeth the service that they rightfully deserve?

Most of the times, people tend to mess up their teeth because of their own doing. As much as teeth lament the fact that they were bestowed upon a careless individual’s mouth, it is the individual who himself/herself is supposed to take care of them. Your basic job is to brush your teeth daily. Not twice, but THRICE a day! Got it?

An average survey has indicated that the first part of DIY – Beautiful Smiles Without Dentist’s Help, is the frequency of using tooth brush at home. The other half of the same equation is going to suggest those regular product based measures that one can carefully cling to. We’ll get to them later.

Let’s say, for argument’s sake, you’re not regular with keeping your teeth clean and you want to stick to those products with “Teeth Whitening At Home” sort of labels. For goodness’ sake, you bought a teeth whitening strip and found out that it can actually keep your teeth white for a matter of few days, or few hours. It means that you’ll be permanently saying goodbye to Mr. Toothbrush because now you’ve got an “instant” way of whitening your veneers. You couldn’t be wrong anymore.

Denying the teeth of the usual and conventional cleaning antic, is going to result in suspicious activities. Your teeth will start to rot, the hydrogen peroxide in those strips will start to weaken the roots and thickness of the teeth, and eventually it’ll all give into pains. Here, at this stage, if you’re experiencing pangs of pain in your mouth, it is beginning to get TOO LATE. Go and see a dentist immediately.

Anyway, this article was not intended to scare the bejesus out of you. As the title suggests, you’ll surely find out different ways to take care of your teeth at home. You’ll come to discover what kind of products it takes to keep the teeth sparkling white, so keep on reading. But as a side note, we also wanted to make sure that the article doesn’t look like a sour product review. We wanted to honestly let you in on the side effects of using teeth whitening products, as much as increasing your self-awareness by a few notches.

 

• Bleaching:

Everyone doesn’t have white teeth by birth – some people are subject to enamel, yellowish glow and etc. No matter how hard they brush, the yellowish color won’t fade away. Hence bleaching is the type of solution that they might like in the long run. The easiest way to bleach your teeth is to buy bleached toothpaste; this will give a whitish tint to the teeth. But if you want to be more thorough, just buy peroxide bleaching strips (cost: $20 – $45) and apply them as per the instructions. Don’t go for cheap products because cost is something you don’t want to compromise on; it’ll just ruin your teeth after a while.

• White Strips:

Also known as bleachers or skinny strips, they are primarily soaked in a peroxide residue. The size of these strips is sort of generic; it is to let you adjust them to your mouth’s size. By the way, smaller strips don’t reach far back, or even touch the molars. But on the bright side, sometimes a full smile doesn’t reveal molars. If you want to be through ‘n through, buy something bigger. For results, you’ll have to wait for a few hours. Sometimes it even takes days as well.

• Whitening Mouthwash:

Some mouthwash developers claim that their product can bestow a tinge of whiteness to your teeth. Usually such mouthwash bottles contain peroxide concentrate, which fights against the yellow enamel to remove it. Don’t use the mouthwash too much because soon enough, it will start to eat away at your gums, making them shrink, and your teeth root as well.

• Snap On Teeth:

Although not really a DIY product, snap on teeth are equally famous. To say it bluntly, these teeth are artificially designed so that you can wear them over your real teeth, without letting anyone notice the difference. You should bear in mind that these teeth don’t last for a long time, they have to be cleaned thoroughly, and hard food should not be chewed as it’ll incur irreversible damage. The cost factor alone can mount up to $750 – $1,000, i.e. if you’re willing to go for this product.

One last word: Never-ever overuse a home teeth whitening kit. It’s true that your teeth will look shiny and brand new in the beginning, but soon enough you’ll develop over sensitivities to cold and hot temperatures. Plus, the average life of your teeth will be decreased drastically.