Stained Teeth

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Treating Stained Teeth

Are you one of those many adults who avoid smiling in public because of tetracycline stains on teeth? Do you look for ways to hide tetracycline stained teeth? Perhaps, you are not aware of the easy options available for treating those dark stains. While mild cases of staining can be treated with teeth whitening procedures, moderate and severe cases do not respond well to conventional bleaching techniques.

Tetracycline is a powerful antibiotic used by doctors to kill bacteria. Otherwise a good product, it has certain side effects. If taken while teeth are forming, it tends to deposit in the enamel of the teeth leaving a permanent brown stain. These dark stains either cause uniform discoloration of entire tooth or horizontal stains of different intensity.

Find An Expert Cosmetic Dentist

Cosmetic dentistry offers tremendous solutions for stained teeth. These include veneers, crowns and bonding. You need an expert cosmetic dentist to treat tetracycline stains. Be wary of the dentists who lack expertise in the treatment as they may not be able to give you a right treatment. The tetracycline stains get darker along the depth of the tooth so ordinary materials like traditional carbamide peroxide solutions do not work for such stains. Whitening tetracycline stained teeth can be difficult.

Non-expert cosmetic dentists might leave dark triangles between the teeth. Expert cosmetic dentists know the procedure to block out these stains giving a natural translucency and opacity in the tooth. Porcelain veneers is the best treatment for tetracycline stained teeth. Veneers are fused to metal crowns to mask the stains. You can get the porcelain veneers in as little as two visits.

Bleaching Stained Teeth

Bleaching is another option available. You can either go for Zoom bleaching or get take-home trays. Zoom bleaching is an expensive procedure. With take-home trays you can bleach according to your time for much lesser expense.

However, whitening does not work really well for tetracycline stains as these are dark and deep. The stains do not respond well to tooth whitening or bleaching. Plus, whitening has to be carried week after week till you start seeing the results. The change comes very slowly. Moreover, bleaching would not give you a naturally white smile. Success in bleaching varies depending upon the case. It is advisable to go for bleaching only if you have a persistence to continue bleaching for months. If you have severe staining the bleaching is less likely to give you good results.

Stained Teeth can cause psychological embarrassment. Don't let tetracycline stains have negative impact on your life. Visit an expert cosmetic dentist for treating those dark stains so that you can smile again with confidence!