Why can’t we just spend however long it takes to brush our teeth over and over again until they’re as clean and white as they were when we first got them? (Like dentist office billboard advertisement levels of white teeth)

Question

Or is restoring a former brilliance of your teeth impossible through normal dental hygiene practices without cosmetic dentistry?

In: Biology

Answer 1

brushing too much damages your teeth. not only will this not necessarily make them whiter, but they’ll also be irreparably damaged to the point where eventually they’ll completely decay because of the lack of an enamel protection layer.

on top of that, white teeth doesn’t necessarily mean clean or healthy either. teeth can be a wide variety of colors and still be healthy.

as long as they’re not actively decaying and you’re doing routine maintenance, you’ll be fine. don’t fall for the marketing. they’re just trying to sell you products you don’t need