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Wednesday, June 20 2007 @ 11:39 AM Central Daylight Time
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People find white teeth very appealing, which is why a lot of people take the time to improve their teeth by whitening them, making sure that their smiles are bright and attractive. Unfortunately, most people only know of one way that they can achieve this, and that is by going to a dentist.
Although visiting your dentist regularly is a good thing, not a lot of people have the time to go to their dentists and get their teeth checked out every once in awhile, and others even have the misfortune of not being able to afford it. Nonetheless, constant visits to the dentist can help you brighten and whiten your teeth in a way that you normally couldn’t achieve at home.
There are other ways that you can brighten and whiten your teeth even when you are at home, and one of the more popular ways of doing this is by using whitening toothpastes which basically acts as a medium for whitening teeth, giving your smile a brighter and more appealing look to it. Basically, whitening products such as whitening toothpastes work by one of two ways, wherein in one way they bleach beyond the surface of the natural tooth enamel using formulations with peroxide, or using chemical agents such as sodium bicarbonate to work on removing stains on the surface level of the natural tooth enamel. Unfortunately, using bleaching agents on teeth can have some side effects, such as tooth sensitivity, gum irritation and bleeding.
Natural whitening treatment
Fortunately, there are now other more natural ways that people can brighten and whiten teeth without spending as much as they would when going to the dentist for the same purpose. One way that people can do this, although people may not necessarily think that it has a connection with whitening teeth, is through the use of strawberries. Strawberries have an ingredient called malic acid, which is actually the main factor that helps in the whitening method of teeth. It acts as an astringent which allows it to remove the stains in the teeth, or whatever surface discoloration that may be present from different sources, such as drinking coffee, red wine, and sodas. It serves as a natural tooth cleanser which buffs away stains, just as what bleaching treatments would do for your teeth.
Preparation and application
Basically, this treatment only needs two ingredients, and those are the strawberries and baking powder. What you do is you crush the strawberry, and mix it up with the baking powder, creating a mixture of berry-baking powder that will help whiten your teeth. After you have prepared the mixture, you simply apply it to your teeth, and leave if for a couple of minutes, after which you should rinse it in order to remove the mixture on your teeth. Although this whitening treatment can help you brighten your smile with whiter teeth, you still need to brush your teeth using toothpaste. This will only serve as a supplement to your brushing using whitening toothpaste.
This berry-baking powder mix cannot replace your dentist’s bleaching treatment, but it sure can serve as an alternative, a much less expensive one at that, to your not-so-cheap whitening treatments. This is a great, fast and cheap way to light up your smile by giving you brighter and whiter teeth.
Vanessa Arellano Doctor
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