Can you use whitening toothpaste while having braces?
I've had mine for a year and a half and will get them off by six months from now. I never knew you werent supposed to use whitening toothpaste,but now I keep reading it's bad and will most likely leave discoloration. Now, I'm not sure what to do because I only own whitening toothpaste and I don't want discoloration. Will it really leave a yellow/white spot? Thanks! xo
Should I continue using the whitening toothpaste?
Teeth whitening prices and the amount of time they last?
The price doesn't have to be exact.
I heard teeth stay white for six months, is this true? Does that mean you have to revisit the dentist every time they go back to their yellow shade?
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Root Canal Question. Why me?
I have had perfect teeth all my life. Dentists have joked about how they "never make any money off my mouth." All I've ever needed is a good cleaning to "sand blast" the tea stains off my teeth. And now this! I am in my fifties, so my teeth have been working hard for a good long while. Severe tooth pain in a back molar sent me into my dentist's office. An x-ray showed one of my 12 year molars is in distress. I've got an appointment with an endodontist. But why me? Someone who has NO fillings, and only a bit of plaque that gets sandblasted and scraped away every six months. Why me? How could I have gone straight to root canal without even stopping at fillings?
I feel so "cheated" and like my teeth have declared war on me! Any dentists out there with some wise words?
Thank you.
Thank you "Dental Student". You're on to something.....
I did fall off my bike five years ago and hit my chin and really slammed my jaw. TMJ was insulted and I had to have stitches in my chin. Perhaps that is what set the whole thing off.
Dentist/or dental student question..brown stain between two upper front teeth?
Ok it's a dark brown stain and I'm going to make an appointment because for awhile I wasn't on my mother's dental plan (got taken off dads) and I was only making enough payments for my car which were about 0/month at the time, so I couldn't really afford a dental cleaning because I wasn't making enough to reimburse the amount that would be deduced from my bank account.
So I have been for awhile..late summer, so starting from that time (because I was overdue for a cleaning the last time, which at that point I wasn't on a plan) it's been six months, I know, procrastination not good..been 3 months since my sis went in so she's on my moms plan and isn't in school (i am now) so poor excuse for not going sooner but I had to be sure considering that extra cash taken out for it would have been double with the car payments, which that amount included insurance.
So, anyway, the real question is is it a stain? Like I read online it could be from coffee tea, which I drink, but I floss, brush, and use mouth wash everyday (faithfully), so plaque couldn't have accumulated that much, unless it's the hard stuff, but I do floss and brush. I'm pretty anal about teeth now (took me long enough to be since I didn't care as a child) because I absolutely hate the drills and I wear a retainer because I had braces but this stain appeared a short time ago, sometime in mid to late december. Or rather I noticed it out of the blue, so can anyone that knows about this can help? I'd like to set this worry aside now before calling. Also, I know it looks like something is stuck there but isn't, trust me, flossed, picked at it, looked in a mirror, it's a stain. But there is no pain whatsoever. Can anyone help?
Thanks for the answer! I also forgot to mention that this is the first time it's ever happened, so that's why I guessed it was a stain.
Also, if it was a cavity, aside from sensitivity or pain, wouldn't I be able to see some form of decay anyway considering it's in between the front two because it's up at the front instead of being hidden in the back? Will choose best answer tomorrow, thank you so much! Helped put my worry aside :)
knowing it can be polished off (which is what I guessed could be done with special dental tools) is a good piece of mind :) And the no whitener stuff to get it off my self is good advice :) It can be expensive anyway.
I’m having a difficult time flossing my bottom teeth with braces. Any tips?
Hello all.
After being so used to flossing my top teeth with braces for nearly six months, I just got my bottom ones on Monday. I thought it would be simple to floss my bottom teeth, but it is really quite difficult. My hands are hard to control, because they want to floss up instead of down for some reason.
My oral hygiene is very good since my teeth are easier to get to now, but I'm afraid I'm not going to get the hang of it. And the plaque is driving me CRAZY.
I do use the threader floss by Oral B that has that stiff part on it for easy flossing.
Any tips?
Thanks.
For flossing my bottom teeth that is. Lol.