Drinking coffee, eating a piece of chocolate and drinking a glass of concentrated juice can make the teeth dark or yellowish over time because the pigment of these foods change the tooth enamel.
Thus, to ensure strong, healthy and well-groomed teeth, be sure to brush your teeth every day, drink water after coffee, and use a straw when you drink some dark drink that is neither water-transparent nor white, like milk.
5 Tips To Avoid Staining On Teeth
Some strategies you can adopt to avoid stains and always leave your teeth whiter are:
- Brush your teeth every day, always after meals, and after drinking coffee, juice or tea;
- Mouthwash with mouthwash after drinking coffee, wine or juice, but taking a little water can also help a little, although it is not very effective;
- Always use a straw when drinking juices and teas, and always avoid soft drinks;
- Eat an apple after meals or after taking juice, tea or coffee because it neutralizes odors, improves pH and increases the formation of saliva that helps keep teeth cleaner;
- Chew saver leaves because it has an antiseptic action that kills any bacteria that could cause a corrosion of the tooth enamel and protects it from bad breath.
Another golden tip is not brushing your teeth as soon as you finish eating and waiting between 20 minutes to 1 hour after meals to brush your teeth, so that saliva and water decrease the acidity of the mouth, reducing the risk of new spots on the teeth.
How To Have Always White And Healthy Teeth
Watch the video and know everything you can do to keep your teeth always clean and white:
What can make the teeth yellowish
The main causes of dark spots on the teeth are foods that have a dark pigment, such as:
| Causes | |
1. Red wine | 5. Chocolate |
2. Coffee or dark tea, such as black tea, mate or Ice tea | 6. Red and purple fruits such as strawberry, blackberry, raspberry and açaí |
3. Colas refrigerants | 7. Tomato sauce, curry or soy sauce |
4. Grape juice or any juice with strong pigment | 8. Balsamic Vinegar |
In addition, there are other causes of tooth stains that are independent of food.
| Non-Eating Causes |
| Cigarette |
| Medications like the antibiotic tetracycline and ferrous sulfate in childhood or adolescence |
| Fluoride supplementation in infancy, which causes white spots on the teeth |
Another possible cause of spotting in just one tooth is filling with dental amalgam, which is a lead-colored substance that is put into the tooth after a caries or canal treatment, for example. These amalgams are no longer used because in addition to staining the teeth contains mercury, which can accumulate in the body, damaging health.
