
Why Are My Teeth Turning Yellow With Good Dental Hygiene?
There’s nothing that shuts down your urge to smile faster than discolored teeth.
But what if you take scrupulous care of them, brushing twice a day and flossing daily, as your dentist instructs you?
Unfortunately, people can still be stuck with yellow or stained teeth — even if they follow their dentist’s advice to a “T,” but the talented and responsive team at Expressions for Dentistry offer innovative teeth whitening treatment that can take your smile from something you’d rather hide to an attribute you proudly showcase in just a single office visit.
We offer a range of advanced cosmetic dentistry treatments that can make your smile dazzle again, including veneers, porcelain crowns, and fillings that are shade-matched to your teeth precisely.
Help! Why are my teeth yellow?
Yellowing — and any tooth discoloration for that matter — occurs for multiple reasons, including:
- Eating and drinking dark-hued foods and beverages
- Smoking and using other tobacco products
- Fluorosis, a condition that stains teeth from excessive fluoride exposure in childhood
- Some medications, including some antibiotics
- Genetics
- Cancer treatments
- Some dental treatments, like fillings with silver amalgam, can make teeth look gray
- Disorders such as celiac, liver, and metabolic disease
- Poor oral hygiene — stains adhere to dental plaque and develop if teeth aren’t cleaned
- Traumatic dental accidents
- Aging
You can avoid some of these, like what you eat and drink, and brushing and flossing daily, but others you can’t, like getting older or needing to take a medication that causes discoloration.
If your teeth are more specifically yellow, this can be related to being older. Our tooth enamel thins as we age, which exposes more of a tooth’s yellow-tinted dentin, directly under the enamel.
Yellow teeth are also more associated with eating and drinking darker foods and drinks, as well as practicing subpar dental hygiene, but if you’re caring well for your teeth, take comfort in knowing that there are scores of other yellowing influences.
By practicing good dental hygiene, you’re likely a good candidate for in-office teeth whitening treatment, which truly is transformative.
What’s involved with dental whitening treatment?
We offer an easy-to-tolerate dental whitening treatment that’s convenient because it happens right here in our office — just one of its many advantages.
We’ve chosen the respected KöRⓇ whitening treatment platform, since some of the issues patients experience with other whitening systems (post-treatment tooth sensitivity, problems with how long results last, and ease of application) simply aren’t challenges with KöR.
Not only does Kör beat our other treatments on all these counts, but it also works by making your teeth “younger,” in a sense.
The treatment allows your teeth to absorb a maximum amount of oxygen, which is present in the whitening gel (the absorption is what the teeth of younger people do so well). During treatment, your teeth absorb the gel so thoroughly that it dissolves and eradicates stain molecules.
Other reasons our patients embrace Kör whitening treatment include:
- Safety of the treatment
- KöR whitening treatment is the only one that causes patients minimal to no sensitivity
- KöR is appropriate for people of all ages
- KöR doesn’t whiten crowns, fillings, and veneers (though front teeth might be affected)
- Your KöR-treated teeth will be impervious to dark foods and beverages
- Amazingly, KöR can lighten your teeth by 16+ shades, yet still look completely natural
- KöR’s results are lasting
If you do have restorations on your front teeth and experience any discoloration after KöR treatment, your dentist can replace your restoration if necessary.
With KöR whitening treatment, prepare to be amazed! You’ll no longer be unconsciously covering your pearly whites in photos and social situations. Whitening treatment is liberating, and you’ll look fabulous as a result!
Learn more about KöR whitening treatment by contacting our Folsom office at 916-983-6767 or using our online booking tool. For your convenience, we offer early morning and evening appointments.
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