A nice smile is a valid passport everywhere. Unfortunately bad eating habits, smoking, poor oral hygiene and other factors tend inexorably to yellow teeth, making the smile less bright.
But what can be done to prevent the yellow teeth?
The outer layer of a tooth is the enamel, which is composed of thin rods ( enamel prisms ) held together by a cementing substance and surrounded by an enamel sheath. The inner part is called dentine which consists of microscopic channels called dentinal tubules joined together. Yellow in appearance the various shades of dentine constitute the basis of tooth colour. Enamel, which in fact is translucent and colourless, reflects the underlying dentine. Most cases of yellowing teeth are the result of diet and age as enamel is not inert but absorbs and reacts to saliva. The sheath and the intra-prism cement absorb substances containing pigments ( food, cigarette smoke, coffee, wine etc ) which reduce the translucency of the tooth.
Luckily new innovative solutions to this problem are now available, such as professional tooth whitening, which enable us to restore our patients’ “beautiful smiles”.
This new procedure makes use of professional whitening gels activated by special led lamps which speed up the bleaching process. The whole treatment only lasts about an hour.
Professional whitening is a safe technique which gives good results and can be repeated in time. Obviously the outcome of this treatment can differ from patient to patient depending on the structure of the teeth. Fundamental to obtaining long-lasting , effective results is correct oral hygiene.
For more than twenty years the mission of the Villa Dental Clinic has been to give you a perfect smile and a healthy mouth and, with a constant professional and technology development, we carry it out every day with success.