A beautiful smile requires perfect teeth. But yellow or brown stains caused by coffee, tea, red wine, cigarettes or neglect is not somthing to be proud about. In order to get rid of these nasty stains we need to take extra care of our teeth. The most important thing we have to do is to brush our teeth twice a day for at least one minute. We have to avoid brushing with a rough toothbrush, which may lead to the damaging of the enamel and hurting our gums. The dentists recommend brushing after each meal, but when we are eating out chewing gum can help to some extent. The chewing gum with no sugar helps at maintaining white teeth by stimulating the salivary secretion that washes the stains on the teeth.

We must also avoid the sweets, as much as possible, of course, and replace them with vegetables or fruits. In our goal for getting cleaner whiter teeth we have to be careful in choosing toothpaste that contains fluorine that strengthens the enamel.

Visiting our dentist twice a year is necessary because he or she can give us suggestions in choosing the best products.There is many different products out there for our teeth, choosing the right product for you is very important. For cleaning our teeth and getting them whiter we may use special whitening strips. Its very important to pick the name brand strips because those cheaper strips are a mess to deal with. We must follow the indications during the whole treatment if we want to have positive results.

The most frequent problem in obtaining cleaner whiter teeth is the irritation of the gum. In this case we have to avoid using the whitening strips for a long period of time or other whitening solutions that may provoke pain, gum redness and gum bleeding. Those with sensitive gums must try the whitening treatment only when guided by specialists. The whitening solutions have no effect unless they are applied on our natural teeth, so if we have an artificial tooth in our frontal teeth area it is better to avoid the whitening strips and solutions because there would be a visible difference between the natural teeth and the artificial ones. It’s preferable to let our dentist take care of our teeth - after all, they are the experts and we should try and follow their professional advice.

Having clean white teeth not only looks good but also makes us feel better about ourselves.