To what extent is the current fashion for artificial mouths, with radiant white teeth, good or healthy for the patient?
We look at celebrities, but also at their smiles. It is common to see in the media cases of celebrities who still, with the passage of time, far from having yellow and discolored teeth, have increasingly whiter and more artificial teeth.
Mistakes in the search for the ideal white teeth
The search for perfection in terms of shape and color is not advisable, as it can end up affecting the patient psychologically if it is done repeatedly or inappropriately.
In this sense, some “professionals” in the sector may give bad advice, making the patient resort to continuous and unnecessary whitening on healthy teeth, without explaining the risk involved.
What a correct dental whitening should be like
One of the main problems of teeth whitening addiction or blancorexia is the search for radiant white teeth. But teeth whitening should be performed in the clinic, with a maximum of 2-3 sessions (10-15 minutes each), preferably done on the same day.
Currently teeth whitening is performed with carbamide and hydrogen peroxides. An uncontrolled use of peroxides can cause from dental pulp affections to dental sensitivity, pulp necrosis, demineralization of the teeth and gingivitis.
That is why it is important that it is the specialist in Dentistry and Stomatology who should evaluate the need or not of such whitening. As a matter of professional ethics, the dentist should refuse to perform certain treatments on patients who do not need them, or who could be harmed more than benefited.
False teeth whiteners are harmful.
Currently there are whitening products for sale, especially on the Internet, that promise spectacular results despite not being tested by health agencies, since the studies are made for the short term and not the long term.
Even if the dentist refuses to perform these treatments in the clinic, if the patient is obsessed with the shade of his teeth, he will buy these products, which will only weaken his teeth.
What will a perfect smile look like?
The main thing is to have a healthy mouth and relegate aesthetics to the background, always looking for naturalness.
Besides, there are more than 20 shades of dental enamel, among which there is never nuclear white.