Smile affects personality of human beings. For beautiful smile well aligned and white teeth are key factors.
Sometimes teeth become discoloured and need treatment
Reasons of discolouration
There are many caustive factors of tooth discoloration. So discolorations are classified as
1: extrinsic discoloration
2: intrinsic discoloration
3: combination of both
Extrinsic discoloration
Causes of extrinsic discolorations are as follows and easy to treat.
- foods
- beverages
- tobacco use
- plaque
- gingival hemorrhage
- poor oral hygiene
- swimmer's calculus
- cholorhexidine
- metallic stains
Intrinsic discoloration
Eteology of extrinsic discoloration are
Pre eruptive cause
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1 : Alkaptonuria
2 : hemotological disorders
( erythrblastosis fetalis, sickle cell anemia, congenital porphyria)
3 : liver diseases
4 : diseases of enamel and dentin like
Amelogenisis imperfecta
Dentinogenesis imperfecta
Hyperbilirubinimia
Child hood diseases
Malnutrition
5 : florosis
6 : tetracycline and other antibiotic stains
Post erupting causes
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1: pulp changes
2: dental trauma
3 : dentin hypercalcification
4 : dental caries
5 : functional and parafunctional
changes
6 : aging
7 : restorative materials and dental
procedures
Treatment
There are different treatment options
1: scaling and polishing
2: whitening toothpastes and mouthwashes
3: bleaching
4: composite veneers
5: porcelain veneers
Bleaching
Bleaching is a procdure which involves lightening of colour of the tooth through application of a chemical agent to oxidaze organic pigmentation present in
+"bleaching kit"
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| "Bleaching unit"+ |
