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Teeth
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No matter what i do my teeth always seem to be a nasty shade of beige/yellow. I brush, i use mouthwash, i don't eat many sugary foods....where am I going wrong! Whitening Toothpaste hasn't worked. Can anyone recommend anything? Ta.
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Can't afford that
I would save up for it then; or get a credit card. Whitening toothpastes aren't good for your teeth, all they do is stain your teeth white, which only last a few days.
I should probably point out at this point I'm a student who's already way into their overdraft. £200 is about 6 weeks living costs. I need something cheaper.
Apply for a hardship loan. Thats what I did.
But i wouldn't expect the whitening toothpastes to work they way you want. It might be worth going to the dentist and letting them [SIZE=-1]polish your teeth, this might help. But your not going to get a Richard Hammond smile from using whitening toothpaste. Avoiding drinking coffee and red wine should stop your teeth from becoming more stained.
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Find a picture with you and a couple of mates in it, where you can see a couple of peoples teeth (facebook might come in handy here) and look closely at it. You'll probably actually find that yours aren't noticably worse than anyone elses.
Very few people have sparkling white teeth, and when you see someone that does you'll tend to notice and think the look fake.
I'd stick with the good dental hygiene, brush twice and day, with fluoride toothpaste, floss and use mouthwash and leave it at that.
You have to be very warey of whitening products because many of them work by taking a fine layer off the surface of your teeth which isn't necessarily a good thing.
I've already posted this before .. you have to import it from the USA though
I think it's 10squid from Boots, it's a Hollywood Smile paintbrush you paint over each tooth and it dazzles them muchos!
I've been using some stuff lately, Crest and Listeriene make it, its a pre whitening rinse. I bought the Listerine one. It hasn't been long but I see a difference already. And you don't get the zebra stripes like many of those nasty otc strips would give you that only cover the first 4 teeth. However, since you swish it all around and it does contain hydro peroxide and other stuff, one side effect I've found is for the next hour or so you'll get nasty white peely skin all inside your mouth and cheeks and eating, especially taffy, is just downright gross during that time.
I don't think there was any difference in price between the pre rinse and any other type of mouthwash, either.
I've been using that stuff for ages and it hasn't worked :grump: