Every person dreams of whiter teeth, but not everyone can boast of this dignity. For some, they have a grayish or yellow tint. But it also happens that the teeth become brown, and sometimes even black. The latter is a significant deviation from the norm.
So why did the tooth turn black?
Causes of darkening of teeth in adults:
- smoking;
- wrong attitude to personal hygiene;
- caries;
- excessive consumption of coffee and tea;
- damage and trauma to the teeth;
- age-related changes.
Treatment of discolored teeth in adults
Prevention Tips:
- quit smoking;
- keep strong tea and coffee to a minimum;
- eliminate carbonated drinks from your diet;
- no energy drinks.
Daily dental care for a whiter smile
The best way to care for your teeth is, of course, toothpaste. Gargling with herbal solutions and massaging the gums will also help. But, unfortunately, the modern rhythm of life does not always make it possible to properly care for the oral cavity. Tointernal causes of enamel discoloration can be attributed to both exposure to chemicals, such as those found in various medical preparations, and diseases of the teeth and gums.
The use of antibiotics can affect the color of the enamel, turning it brown. Also, the shade of the teeth directly depends on the fillings that have already been installed earlier - they can change the color of the tissues due to their composition.
If you notice that you have a blackened tooth, contact your dentist for a comprehensive examination. Do not start using whitening products without consulting a specialist. He will help you cure existing diseases, remove a tooth that has already been destroyed from the inside, or perform a prosthetic procedure.
Children's Teeth Darkening
Over the past decade, pediatric dentists have heard the terrifying question more and more often: “Why did the tooth turn black?” Unfortunately, not only the adult population suffers from this problem.
A visit to the pediatric dentist should be made at least once every six months, even if your child has no complaints.
If the baby has a blackened front tooth or any other, be sure to consult a doctor, as in the above cases, since darkening of the enamel in children may be associated with he alth problems.
Causes of darkening of teeth in a child:
- intestinal disease;
- early caries;
- poor calcium absorption;
- iron preparations;
- receptionantibiotics.
Not only these factors can cause darkening of a child's teeth. Also, the color of the enamel can be affected by: heredity, chronic diseases, plaque, salivation, insufficient absorption of calcium.
Unfortunately, children's caries progresses very quickly, therefore, the sooner prevention and treatment are carried out, the more likely it is to save the child from suffering and save his teeth.
Treatment of darkened teeth in a child
Prevention Tips:
- minimize sweets;
- rinse your mouth after eating;
- monitor the level of iron in the child's body.
Tips on prevention, of course, are useful, but if the tooth is still blackened, what should I do? Store-bought juices can be replaced not only with jelly, but also with fresh and dried fruit compote.
Teach your child to eat porridge for breakfast. To protect tooth enamel, porridge contains starch and many useful elements that have a beneficial effect not only on teeth.
Teach your child to also rinse their teeth with the best of tooth enamel care products - a solution of natural needles. Pine needles from spruce or fir trunks, collected in a forest park, fill with hot water (60-70 degrees) and let it brew. A tablespoon of raw materials is taken per glass of boiling water. Rinse your mouth with this solution preferably several times a week.
Still, there are several options for solving the problem if the tooth has turned black:
- you can wait for the natural replacement of milk teeth withindigenous;
- restoration of the enamel of children's teeth according to the folk method.
For this folk method, natural cottage cheese is perfect. The child should eat it every day. Do not sprinkle the cottage cheese with sugar and do not pour over the jam. Remember that sweets can aggravate the situation even more, and then the result of the procedure will come to naught. But do not exclude it from the child's diet completely, because he needs energy. Simply minimizing your sugar intake is enough.
To replenish energy and not leave a child without one of the most important childhood joys - sweets, include jelly in his diet. Kissel is the right and he althy sweet drink. It will replace sweets for your child and will be an excellent alternative to store-bought juices that do not bring any benefit to the human body. Packaged drinks contain citric acid, which is known to be the enemy of tooth enamel. Should I then ask why the child's tooth turned black?
What else to do?
Another solution to the problem can also be filling damaged children's teeth, but only if they are not badly damaged.
If the tooth is still blackened, what should I do? Of course, the methods of treatment should be determined by the dentist. With the darkening of the teeth in a child, they often resort to such a method as silvering.
This method has long been used in practice and is considered quite effective. But today, dentists are starting to abandon it. Firstly, teeth silvering can only be carried out onthe initial stages of the onset of caries, when the tooth turned black still very slightly and superficially. Secondly, with a strong and deep lesion, the procedure causes enormous damage, while destroying the pulp forever.
If a child's tooth turns black, is there really no way out, and the teeth will have to be removed? In the modern world, a more rational treatment of the advanced stage of caries is used - this is remineralizing therapy. By contacting a specialist, you can get detailed recommendations for the treatment of children's teeth. As a rule, it requires active parental participation, effort and time, and only if there is a desire and desire to help children's teeth can the problem be solved.
