How to remove plaque at home

A snow-white smile is a dream of many, but not all of them come true. After all, one desire is not enough. To prevent stones from growing on the teeth, and enamel not to be covered with pigmentation, regular oral care and a number of preventive measures are necessary.

Causes of plaque

No matter how you try to thoroughly brush your teeth, a pigmented coating on them will still appear. And the more rules you break, the more intense the snow-white of enamel will fade.

To understand what is the main reason for the ugly plaque on the teeth, you should reconsider your life priorities.

1. Lovers of strong black tea as well as coffee are potential “victims” of plaque. And the more often you consume these drinks, the more intensive is the process of coloring the enamel.
2. Another “risk group” is smokers. Tobacco is a good natural colorant. The composition of nicotine flakes filling cigarettes contains tar substances, the derivatives of which are consumed by tooth enamel when smoking, becoming the basis not only for plaque. Smokers more often than other people have tartar.
3. Microcracks on the teeth, worn-out enamel (even slightly) are “favorable” places for the introduction of food debris there. And even the usual hygiene procedures (brushing, rinsing) are not able to completely remove the crumbs. In such cases, the coating is uneven, and the enamel looks spotty.

Against the background of all this, the conclusion suggests itself - you need to seriously take care of your own health. And the struggle for the snow-white smile should be daily-constant.

Ways to eliminate plaque

To monitor the beauty of your teeth, you need to start small. Daily enamel cleaning should be a vital setting. And it’s not enough to do this twice a day - in the morning to freshen your breath, and in the evening to get rid of the remnants of food taken during the day stuck between your teeth. The result will be effective if the hygiene procedure is carried out after each meal. And this, as a rule, is about 3-5 times a day, which, you see, is not always convenient. But for such cases there is an on-duty option: chewing gum, which you can always have on hand.

All these measures will only reduce the intensity of staining the enamel in an unpresentable form. Therefore, you will have to remove the plaque in any case. And here there are 2 options: do it on your own at home or periodically visit the dental clinic, where they will do high-quality brushing.

Clinical care
To remove tartar, many visit dental offices. But for cleaning enamel from plaque, few people use the services of a specialist. Nevertheless, there are installations that quickly and painlessly (and most importantly - effectively) will give you a "Hollywood" smile.

1. A special abrasive machine called Air FLOW ("air breathing") works on the principle of sandblasting. Only instead of the quartz component is the device charged with soda mixed with water. Sodium bicarbonate under high pressure from the tip gets on the teeth, knocking off a dark film of pigment plaque from enamel.
2. If in addition to the stains on the teeth there are stones, it is better to turn to the second method of cleansing - using ultrasound. To do this, there is a device called a "scaler". A high-frequency generator generates vibrations that are directed towards the teeth using a special nozzle. Touching a vibrational wave to deposits and raids provokes their destruction.These "production wastes" are immediately washed out with water, also supplied from the nozzle. And then all the excess is removed by saliva ejection.

The procedures described are not complicated, but there is not always time to visit medical offices. At home, hygiene procedures can be carried out more often, coordinating all actions with your own rhythm of life.

Special dentifrices

To monitor the beauty of tooth enamel, you should purchase special cleaners. But they should only go as an addition to daily brushing.

1. Whitening pastes with an abrasive polishing effect (Lacalut, Whitening Plus, etc.) contain special granules of titanium dioxide or silicon oxide. In order not to injure the enamel, the abrasive particles passed a special faceting using high technologies.
2. The industry also produces preparations that allow loosening pigment plaque on enamel: the chemical compounds Pyrophosphate and Polydon, as well as a substance based on the plant enzyme Bromelain.

Using all these tools, it should be borne in mind that they are not for daily cleaning. In the morning and evening, only hygienic or therapeutic paste should be used. It is better to carry out bleaching of enamel with these substances no more than 2 times a week.

Folk recipes

When removing plaque on enamel, you can do without the participation of chemistry. To do this, just turn to the recipes of traditional medicine.

1. The simplest and most affordable drug that can be found in any kitchen is baking soda. To carry out whitening, just mix a little product with toothpaste and just brush your teeth. At the same time, try not to make strong pressure - the particles of soda are somewhat abrasive. But to achieve whiteness, one procedure will not be enough. The frequency of use of soda depends on the degree of contamination of your teeth.
2. Hydrogen peroxide, which can be found in a home medicine cabinet, has a good whitening effect. They do not brush her teeth, but rinse with an aqueous solution (1 teaspoon of the drug in half a glass of water) after using the paste. But this must be done quickly (within 1-2 seconds), so as not to burn the gums. And be sure to rinse your mouth with clean water.
3. The same peroxide can be used in another way. Having moistened a cotton pad with liquid, rub his teeth, trying not to touch the gums. Rinse your mouth after the procedure.
4. Our great-grandfathers also used wood ash to whiten tissues, face and teeth. Now this component can be purchased in flower shops, as a quality fertilizer, but used to lighten teeth. Ash can be rubbed separately into the teeth or mixed with paste (in equal proportions). But due to increased abrasiveness, carry out such bleaching no more than 1 time per week.
5. And this recipe will be attractive to many. Experienced people claim that strawberries have whitening properties. Only you will need to use the berry for a month to achieve the desired result. After crushing a strawberry into a slurry, it is applied to the brush and brush your teeth with the usual movements. Then the procedure is repeated, but using toothpaste.
6. By adding a drop of essential oils (lemon and tea) to a tube of daily paste, you will fight not only with plaque on enamel, but also prevent periodontal disease, as a similar mixture will kill all germs in the oral cavity.

You should not "go in cycles" on one of the recipes to cleanse enamel from plaque - it is better to use a set of tools (which ones - decide individually). The frequency of use and the duration of bleaching should be dictated by the saturation of the enamel contamination. But a light, slightly yellowish coating is not a reason to sound the alarm.

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