And microscopically, when you look at before and after, the tooth is much smoother after the varnish. There’s a varnish that we paint onto the teeth that’ll stay on for five to six hours. That’s correct, because it’s in higher concentration. But there’s actually treatments you’re saying you can go through at the dentist office that gives you a better outcome than simply relying on what’s in the tap water? Q: We were all taught to do the whole fluoride thing and many of us made the assumption that it’s in our water and that’s enough to do the job. If the tooth is smoother then it’s easier to clean and it’s easier to prevent tooth decay and gum disease. People that are going to the dentist regularly to get fluoride treatments will have smoother surface teeth than people that don’t. Q: So children over the age of eight and adults should get fluoride treatments? The disadvantages at high concentrations is that it discolors the teeth and it can actually make teeth turn black. The advantage of having fluoride in the water is that it makes the tooth harder and less susceptible to decay. Especially when the tooth is putting down structure as it is forming in children under 8 years of age. Q: What role does fluoride play in the discoloration of the teeth.įluoride is found in drinking water, but it should never go above one part per million.įluoride has a black color to it and gets deposited into the tooth. And if the shade of what underneath the tooth is getting darker, then the enamel is also going to appear darker. Because the tooth is translucent, it picks up the shade of what’s underneath it. The enamel has pores which allows the surface discoloration done over time to enter those pores and go deeper into the tooth. It’s not the surface of the teeth that gives the tooth its appearance, but something going on inside the actual tooth?
Not near like it did when someone was younger. So as the teeth age, the canal and the pulp chamber shrink and as they shrink it puts down reparative tooth structure and that reparative tooth structure then makes the tooth appear not to reflect light the same way. Anything that’s more reflective is going to seem brighter. And if it is done long enough over a period of time, it actually infiltrates the enamel of the tooth and stains beneath the dentin.Ī young tooth has a large canal and pulp chamber, and the tooth becomes more reflective. Another contributing factor is that just about anything that’ll stain your clothing will also stain your teeth.
One is that teeth naturally get darker with age. There are two main things that cause the teeth to lose their natural color.
Q: What are some of the things that cause the teeth to lose their natural color?
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