We would all like to have beautiful pearly white teeth like the movie stars and television actors do, but in the real world teeth discolor naturally with age or due to diet, illness or smoking and they often turn brown, gray or even yellow in color.

In fact, some peoples’ teeth are naturally discolored and even though many teeth whitening methods work really well on yellow teeth, quite a few folk try to make teeth whiter when they are gray or brown too.

There are a variety of methods you can try to make teeth whiter, including home remedies such as rubbing teeth with strawberries before brushing, special whitening kits you can buy at the drug or grocery store, and treatments at your dentist’s office.

Of course, the first place you should seek advice is from your dentist. After all he is the one who you trust to keep your teeth clean and healthy and he is sure to have some suggestions about how you can make teeth whiter.

You should also be brushing regularly with a soft bristle toothbrush, as well as flossing daily. It is best to brush after every meal, drink, or snack.

Your dentist will be happy to advise you about the bleaching and laser treatments available to you just as he will be able to explain about tray based home bleaching, strips and gels to whiten your teeth and the various methods of removing stains from your teeth like whitening toothpaste, for example.

Obviously, while some of these methods can change the color of your teeth by over three shades, some of them merely remove the surface stains which have been allowed to build up over the years. Choosing either option will improve the color of your natural teeth.

If you have had fillings, crowns and caps in the past, they were probably matched up to the color of your teeth at the time of the treatment. For this reason you may need to think about having a porcelain veneer placed on your teeth in order to give them a fresh new appearance in color.

You need to bear in mind that your teeth and gums still need to be taken good care of so spend a little time finding out about the various kinds of whitening methods and making sure they are safe for your teeth.

Except for some laser treatments, the majority of the help your dentist can offer you will meet with the approval of the Dental Association. Such treatments can run to hundreds of thousands of dollars so they often work out to be much more expensive than the alternatives you can buy over the counter for less than $100.

When taking into account whether or not to do it yourself or accept the services of your dentist you should also think about the time involved with the treatment. There is no magic formula for immediate white teeth but it has to be said that the treatments given by dentists work quicker and will last longer than the methods you can carry out yourself.

The method you use to make teeth whiter should take into account the reason why they became discolored in the first place as well as general tooth safety.

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