What are the reasons of teeth color change?

by Pooja Chauhan Freelance Professional

1. The effect of food and drink on the color of the teeth:

They are the most common and obvious in people who drink a lot of colored drinks such as coffee, tea, Nescafe and soft drinks, especially if they lack dental care and lack of using toothpaste and toothbrush.

- This type of pigmentation is treated easily.

2. Smoking:

Which leads to yellowing in teeth that are difficult to remove, and lead to the appearance of black marks similar to burning or charring on teeth?

3. Limestone calcinations

It may be a cause of discoloration of the teeth. This is easy treatment by repairing the calcification, remove it and whitening teeth.

4. Factors of aging,

These changes are normal; teeth change with age to a yellowish or grayish color, and often do not need treatment

5. Use of some types of medicines

For long periods (especially containing chlorhexidine), which lead to yellowing of the teeth, but easy to treat through the toothpaste by the dentist

6. Medical factors;

The use of tetracycline antibiotic for children and during pregnancy leads to pigmentation ranging from yellow to brown to dark gray in both white and permanent teeth.

7. Congenital defects in teeth installation

Such as the lack of calcification in the enamel layer, which appear in the form of white or brown spots.

8. Some diseases of blood

Such as thalassemia and sickle cell anemia: breaking red blood cells inside the tooth causes color change of tooth.

9. There are some cases that are caused by more than one of the previous factors and usually these cases are difficult and need a lot of treatments.

Here are some important tips to keep teeth and their natural color, including:

1. Prevention is better than treatment: Daily dental care using regular toothpaste and brush; this protects the teeth not only from the color change, but also from caries and inflammation affecting the gums and teeth.

- I advise the patient to use the toothbrush and toothpaste three times a day. Brush the teeth well from all surfaces and angles in addition to brushing the gums and tongue also. The intention of brushing the gums is that the toothbrush should be placed in the bottoms of teeth corner so that the gums ends are covered and the movement of the brush is vibration, circular and not horizontal or vertical.

2. The use of medical thread

Clean between the teeth. This greatly reduces the decay between the teeth and prevents discoloration of this area, which often appears in brown color; there are types of bleached medical thread that can be used.

3. Minimize drinking colored drinks

Especially, coffee, tea, Nescafe, soft drinks and others.

4. Avoid smoking.

5. Do not use bleached commercial teeth without supervision of the dentist clinic at all; as these pastes damage the tooth

6. The patient must not look at the teeth of others or try to imitate others or artists and celebrities; as each person has a different degree of color teeth.