How you feel and look when you smile

 Smiling would feel good when one gaze through the mirror and obverse ones teeth. How do one feel when after smiling, pictures of the smile starts trending as a subject of humor on social media because of teeth coloration. It is worth noting  that the true color of the teeth (dentin) is yellow. The more one ages, the outer part of the teeth called enamel gets worn out revealing the true color of the teeth. Nevertheless, there are other factors  that could contribute to teeth coloration which are majorly contributed by ones life style. 

One is fluoride intake. Due to environmental factors, one could come in contact with it in drinking water. I really wouldn’t be a part of encouraging one to stop drinking water because of beauty.  sodium fluoride is sometimes included in some toothpaste. It would be a great debate if one starts to encourage the use of chewing stick over toothbrush. Although research has it that chewing stick has revealed parallel and at times greater mechanical and chemical cleansing of oral tissues as compared to a toothbrush.

    Some Foods and drinks could also contribute to it. Foods/drinks like: tea, coffee, apple, potatoes, -fruit/veg, etc. Other causes could be sickness, using certain medication, genetic factors but the one of major emphasis is the bad lifestyle Of smoking.

   Tobacco is made of two major substance which is tar and nicotine. Nicotine is naturally colorless but becomes yellow when mixed with oxygen molecules. tar is naturally dark. The enamel which is the hardest part of teeth contains some pore which the smoking of tobacco (cigarette) could attract the nicotine and tar  and cause discoloration to the teeth. Please note that it does not affect the underlying of the teeth, it only affect just the enamel. People who smoke or have stopped smoking have these stains. This often serve as a “lithium test” for those who had or are still smoking. But luckily there is a professional whitening treatment that restore the teeth back to it's sparkling white color. The treatment is perhaps the best remedy to teeth coloration. I might not be in the right position to decide to anyone the lifestyle one chooses. But I could think of a remedy.

The treatment is called Alta White and it removes the long worrisome stain from ones teeth in just one wash. Click on the link above to to hear the testimonies of those who tried it. It’s indeed a celebrity smile. Please do not forget to leave a comment so I could join in gist.