Who doesn't want to have snow-white teeth and fresh breath? But, as practice shows, not everyone is ready to give up their unhealthy habits, eating sweets, and fast food for this.
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Of course, not everyone can afford high-quality whitening, which is offered in dental clinics; moreover, it has a number of contraindications.
There is still an alternative - there are natural remedies that allow us to maintain a white smile for a long time, which either grow in gardens or lie on store shelves. We will talk about well-known vegetables, fruits and dairy products.
Eating foods to whiten teeth
Note! In order to get noticeable results in just a couple of weeks, you do not need to resort to a full-fledged diet, but simply include some essential foods in your daily diet and consume them on a regular basis.
The effectiveness of teeth whitening thanks to the use of healthy food is very simple to explain: it is able to saturate our body with all the necessary amounts of microelements and vitamins, which, in turn, improve the stable functioning of the immune system.
It is important to know that tooth enamel is characterized by a barely noticeable yellowness, and healthy foods remove darker plaque from it and thereby maintain a healthy, natural shade.
Are healthy teeth always white?
White teeth are due to the good condition of enamel and dentin. Normally, the color is close to milky white, but may have a more yellow or gray tint. With regular cleaning, their color gradually becomes lighter, provided that the enamel was previously darker than its natural shade.
It is impossible to bleach enamel to a snow-white state on your own. But, by consuming certain products, you can bring the color as close as possible to the desired one.
Note! There are times when lighter spots appear on the enamel. This is a sign of initial caries. Normally, the color of the enamel is stable and changes uniformly.
Light spots on teeth are a sign of early caries
What products whiten teeth
Below is a TOP list of products that can whiten your teeth to snow-white cleanliness.
Apples and pears
These fruits contain malic acid, which is also used in the production of toothpaste. This acid, when in contact with dark plaque, dissolves it well and thus serves as a natural scrub for tooth enamel.
To achieve a good effect, you should eat one small fruit after each meal. Some people use this method - rub the enamel with a piece of apple. But here you need to be extremely careful and not injure your gums.
Strawberry
Although this berry has a very bright color, it is an excellent natural bleach. It also contains malic acid, which discolors the dark plaque that has already formed on the teeth.
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The acid works as a disinfectant and also has a positive effect on the oral cavity as a whole and does not allow bacteria to multiply there.
To achieve the desired effect, it is enough to eat a small handful of ripe strawberries a couple of times a week.
Nuts and seeds
Important! When eaten fresh, both nuts and seeds act as a natural cleaner for tooth enamel, which gently but effectively polishes it and also removes various dark stains from its surface.
But you shouldn’t confuse them with fried ones. After frying, all useful components turn into harmful ones. Therefore, the effect will be the opposite. 10 nuts or 80 g of sunflower seeds 3 times a week will be enough.
Onion
Of course, everyone has long been familiar with the pungent breath smell remaining after a salad with fresh onions. This is exactly what we are trying so hard to eliminate. At the same time, this vegetable generally has a positive effect not only on the immune system, but also on the entire oral cavity.
Eating onions stimulates intense saliva production, which is very beneficial for oral hygiene. You don’t need to eat the whole head at once, but just add a few rings of fresh onion to vegetable salads.
Carrot
It should be noted! When eaten fresh, carrots help remove food debris stuck between teeth and also perfectly stimulate the salivary glands.
Carrots contain calcium and carotene, which are so necessary for teeth and gums. Of course, grated carrots cope with such tasks much worse, but in their raw form, even 100 g will benefit not only the oral cavity, but the entire body as a whole.
Orange
Undoubtedly, citrus fruits are a great storehouse of both vitamins and microelements. For example, oranges contain the following acids: citric, ascorbic, and pectic.
After eating even a couple of slices of orange, you can feel freshness in your mouth. This fruit is also good to add to salads and drinking water.
Celery
In addition to the fact that celery has a negative calorie content, it also copes well with dental bacteria and plaque.
For your information! When eating this vegetable, a lot of saliva is released, which helps maintain oral hygiene.
It is recommended to make juice from celery and drink 100 ml of it before meals.
Broccoli
This vegetable, when raw, crunches well and, thereby, polishes the teeth, restoring their natural whiteness and eliminating the not-so-pleasant odor from the mouth.
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Research says that by regularly eating broccoli, you can even prevent tooth decay. There is an opinion that the microelements contained in the vegetable cope excellently with destructive acids, which ultimately become the main cause of this disease.
Hard cheeses
Important! Even a small piece of hard cheese will be enough to maintain the balance of all necessary elements in the body and cleanse teeth of dark plaque.
Cheeses also contain proteins, phosphorus and calcium necessary for tooth enamel.
Baking soda
It is considered the most popular folk remedy for getting white teeth. There are a large number of recipes and ways to use it. The simplest is this: take 2 teaspoons of soda per 100 ml of warm water, and dip a toothbrush into the resulting solution, immediately before using it.
It is noticed that the effect is visible after just one use. But, you need to remember precautions and brush your teeth no more than once a week.
Cilantro and parsley
This green contains ingredients that help eliminate dental plaque and coloring pigments.
Remember! If you regularly add cilantro and parsley to salads, soups or other dishes, you can keep your teeth clean and healthy for a long time.
Dairy
High-quality dairy products that do not contain sugar have a beneficial effect on teeth, strengthening and maintaining their healthy color.
Kefir, yogurt and milk contain a sufficient amount of useful substances, including calcium and lactic acid.
To protect your teeth from decay and get a whitening effect, drinking just one glass daily is enough.
Herbal tea
The herbal drink does not contain harmful caffeine and does not stain tooth enamel, but rather cleanses it. In addition, it is rich in minerals and vitamins, and also prevents dehydration and various types of oral inflammation.
Water
Drinking plenty of clean water is perhaps the easiest way to keep your teeth naturally white.
Thanks to water, the oral cavity is cleared of pieces of food stuck in it, which later become excellent food for bacteria.
Water perfectly washes away pigment, which is usually formed after drinking coloring drinks and causes darkening of tooth enamel. However, it is still necessary to avoid carbonated water, since it has a negative effect on the enamel.
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Positive and negative sides of the white diet
The white diet, like all others, has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantages include the following:
- The acquired white shade of tooth enamel is preserved.
- If you stick to a diet and also stop eating fatty foods, there is an excellent opportunity to lose weight. Although the emphasis is on strengthening the teeth and the shade of the enamel.
- The food includes healthy products that do not contain chemicals or dyes.
The disadvantages of following a white diet after teeth whitening include the following:
- People are weak-willed when it comes to food; not everyone can strictly adhere to the requirements of the white diet.
- When you refuse to eat certain foods, your body becomes deficient in some essential substances.
How not to harm your teeth - precautions:
Unfortunately, even beneficial minerals and vitamins can be harmful if taken in excess and used incorrectly.
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Therefore, you should take precautions with foods that whiten teeth:
- Always remember about the likelihood of individual intolerance, monitor your body’s reaction and immediately stop taking it if even the most minor allergic signs appear.
- Solutions (this also applies to soda) should not be used too often. Chasing the most noticeable and quick result, you can get severe irritation of the oral mucosa or increase tooth sensitivity.
- Nuts, fruits and vegetables must be of high quality and not heat-treated. Of course, for many, baked apples or fried onions will seem much tastier than raw ones, but in this case they are deprived of most of their beneficial properties.
Of course, including such foods in your diet in no way eliminates the need to brush your teeth twice a day, use dental floss, and make visits to the dentist. But with all this, they can bring irreplaceable benefits for oral health and return your smile to its natural whiteness.
Features and variety of procedures
Safe whitening will show results that will last for a long time. During one visit to the doctor, the tooth will become 8 shades lighter. An experienced doctor will ensure that there are no unpleasant consequences of the procedure and reduce the risk of damage to the enamel.
The following methods are practiced:
- mechanical;
- chemical;
- photobleaching.
The difference between the procedures is the price and method of execution, which gives the patient the opportunity to choose. The service takes place in several stages:
- First, the cavity is cleaned from plaque and deposits;
- then the lips and cheeks are isolated with a retractor;
- The teeth are treated with the product and irradiated for about 20 minutes.
The duration of the procedure is less than an hour, and if necessary, it is repeated after a week. The method is recommended for those who have yellowness on their enamel due to constant smoking, consumption of coloring products, diseases or age-related changes. The price of the service depends on the chosen method of teeth whitening.
The principle of whitening the face and body with parsley
In terms of vitamin and mineral composition, curly parsley is significantly superior to vegetables and fruits. It contains a lot of ascorbic and nicotinic acids, carotene, riboflavin and retinol, flavonoids and phytoncides, as well as mineral salts.
Thanks to such a high concentration of beneficial substances, each of which has a positive effect on the skin, we get a pronounced whitening effect - the mild effect of organic acids, regeneration - pectin promotes it, wrinkle smoothing - retinol (vitamin A) is responsible for this.
Most industrial whitening creams use parsley extract as an active component, but why overpay for allergenic petrochemicals when you can use a natural product straight from the garden!
In what cases can parsley be useful for skin whitening?
The desire to lighten our face, neck, décolleté or hands may arise for various reasons. Most often this is:
- pigment spots caused by exposure to the sun;
- age-related darkening of the skin;
- uneven tan;
- post-acne;
- freckles;
- traces of scars and burns.
Parsley can cope with all these aesthetic problems even alone, but depending on how severe the darkening of the skin is and how regularly we perform the procedures, the time to achieve results can vary greatly; from a couple of sessions to several courses of 10 procedures each.
Therefore, there is no need to waste time! Let's better learn how to use the magic garden herb.
