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This is a question we get asked lots at our dental practice here in Watford, so we thought we would take some time to take a look at the common reasons why your teeth may not be quite as white as you’d like to be\u2026 \u00a0Some of those reasons are obvious but others aren’t!<\/p>\n
It sounds quite obvious \u00a0but there are many foods which have any impact on the colour of your teeth. Some foods that stain your teeth directly whilst others contribute to dental decay by being rich in sugar.<\/p>\n
Foods which contain high amounts of sugar feeds the acid excreting bacteria which live in your mouth, the more sugar there is in your food the more this bacteria is able to feed and excrete the bacteria which then attacks your teeth causing dental decay. Teeth can then become dark \u00a0either through the dental decay or by the bacteria forming solid deposits, known as plaque<\/a>, which then become stained by \u00a0the strong colours in some foods.<\/p>\n Some food on the other hand has naturally dark staining such as dark berries, tea and red wine. These may stain your teeth on their own but the staining is compound it if you have plaque on your teeth caused by a combination of poor oral hygiene and sugar in the diet.<\/p>\n Of course, so many of us like to eat \u00a0foods like this, so if we want our teeth to be bright and white then we just have to get on top of our dental healthcare!<\/p>\n Even if your diet isn’t too rich in sugar and you avoid the food with strong colours then your teeth could still be yellow \u00a0then you would like if your oral health care routine isn’t as good as it should be.<\/p>\n Your mouth contains so many bacteria, more than the population of the world in fact, so it’s really important that you keep on top of this and remove as much bacteria and food as you can after each meal.Are you brushing as well as you could?<\/h3>\n
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