Teeth whitening: The different ways and harmfulness
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Many people love white teeth, but they don't have it because they drink a lot of tea and coffee or because they smoke, it is also possible that they just don't have white teeth of their own. If you are not happy with the color of your teeth you can have them bleached at the dentist, usually this is very expensive. You can also bleach them yourself, naturally using home, garden and kitchen remedies, such as sodium bicarbonate, burnt bread, an orange peel and salt! You can also buy and order whitening kits, whitestrips and whitening toothpastes yourself.
Bleaching naturally at home
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You can whiten your teeth naturally by using home, garden and kitchen remedies. It seems to have fewer harmful effects than whitening kits. They are a lot less effective and have not been proven to work.
Orange peel
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Rub the white side of an orange peel against your teeth every day and let it sit for 2 to 3 minutes, then rinse and brush your teeth. Try to do it less often after a week, 2-3 times a week.
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30 minDessertFull Milk, whipped cream, macaroon, custard powder, vanilla sugar, sugar, protein, amaretto, almond liqueur, basic recipe cooking pears,macaroon pastry with casserole
Burnt bread
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It sounds strange, but in Iran women do this a lot. They deliberately burn bread and brush their teeth with it. Keep in mind that the taste is not good.
Turmeric
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Turmeric or turmeric powder is a bright yellow powder, not very tasty but suitable for white teeth. Brush your teeth with the powder for five minutes and repeat a few times a week, you will see your teeth whiten.
Sodium Bicarbonate
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Baking soda or sodium bicarbonate is mainly used in Germany and England for baking. In the Netherlands it is slightly less popular. If you mix sodium bicarbonate with lemon juice and brush your teeth with it every day for a month, your teeth will be significantly whiter. You can also mix sodium bicarbonate with toothpaste and put it in a bit made of silver foil and let it sit for 30 minutes. You can get sodium bicarbonate at the supermarket, but make sure you get baking soda. Keep in mind that this method can be harmful to your teeth.
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Salt
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Salt helps to disinfect the mouth and removes plaque. Put the desired amount of salt in a drink of lukewarm water and rinse your mouth with it for a few minutes.
Vinegar
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Vinegar is very acidic and therefore it will remove all of your plaque in one go. Rinse your mouth with vinegar once every 2 to 3 months. Don't do it more often as it can harm your tooth enamel. Flush for 15-30 seconds.
Charcoal
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Mix charcoal powder with your toothpaste and brush your teeth gently, twice a day for a week. This method has not been proven to work, opinions are divided.
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Oil pulling
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Oil pulling is a simple, safe and cheap way to whiten your teeth. It does not seem to have any harmful effects and it also seems to benefit health. Put a tablespoon of oil, preferably coconut oil, in your mouth. Rinse 1-2 times daily for 10-20 minutes, preferably when you get up because there are many bacteria in the mouth. After a few weeks you will see results.
Bleaching at home with a whitening kit
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Whitening your teeth at home with a whitening kit is not expensive, if you order from cheap sites you will spend less than 10 euros for whitening your teeth. You do the bleaching by squirting a gel into a mouthguard and putting it in your mouth. Whether whitening your teeth is harmful with a whitening kit ordered from a Chinese site and not checked for safety is the question.
Whitening toothpaste
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There are other ways to whiten your teeth at home such as whitening toothpaste, usually this does not work either because the amount of hydrogen peroxide can only be 0.1%. The makers put separate products in their toothpaste to make it look like it works. For example, there are toothpastes with charcoal or toothpaste with certain scrub particles for your teeth so that they scrub bacteria off and you get white teeth. Finally, there are also makers who make their toothpaste blue, because blue and yellow are complementary to each other in the color circle. This means that if you have yellow teeth, the blue toothpaste should whiten them. The maker of the toothpaste makes you pay a lot of money for the toothpaste, but unfortunately you will not get the radiant white smile that you want so badly.
White strips
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Another way of whitening your teeth is white strips, these are sold considerably less on Chinese sites such as Aliexpress and Wish and there are fewer varieties of them. This product has also become less popular in recent years. The most popular is the 3D Crest White Strips. It seems to work well, is fairly reliable, but does hurt the teeth. The 3D Crest White Strips are not expensive compared to a treatment at the dentist.
More ways?
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There are several ways to bleach your teeth, such as a whitening pen or, for example, with some kind of nail polish with a gel in it that you have to put on your teeth. Sometimes these products don't work, sometimes they do.
Teeth whitening at the dentist
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Teeth whitening at the dentist is the least harmful, the products they use contain no more than 6% hydrogen peroxide. What exactly is in the gel they use is not known. The UV lamp that the dentists use also helps whiten the teeth. It is the safest and most durable bleaching method, but also the most expensive. Teeth whitening at a dentist costs between 200 and 300 euros.
Conclusion
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If you have a large budget, it is best to have your teeth bleached at the dentist, this has a long-lasting effect. If you have a smaller budget, it is best to whiten your teeth yourself with home, garden and kitchen remedies, this seems to have less harmful effects than using a whitening kit. If you think this has little effect, you can do it yourself with a product that is proven safe and contains little or no hydrogen peroxide.