Teeth whitening without enamel...?

[emma21]

So long story short I was bulimic for years and lost quite a bit of enamel around the edges and joins between teeth. I want to whiten my teeth.. But as the enamel is the white part will it not work? I've tried whitening toothpaste and it's made little difference. Would professional whitening or maybe just a stronger whitening kit like the ones with the blue light work or am I wasting my time/money?

[Anonymous]

You need to understand how whitening works.

Whitening toothpastes only remove stains on top of the enamal. So if your enamal has deeper stains, it won't make any difference. And if your enaml is thin, it won't work either because under the enamal is dentin, which is naturally yellow and this shows through.

White strips are also besically just for surface stains.

Other methods of teeth whitening is bleaching the deeper stains and the dentin, usually you need whitening trays or a dentist. but it can cause sensitivity.

[arashmenalagha]

Don't do the professional teeth whiten it's not healthy. What I do is get some whitening tooth paste and whitening mouth wash, and brush your teeth after every meal, and use the mouth was once every night. in 3 weeks you will see a huge difference, and it's not harmful or unnatural. I hope it works for you, it will :)

[Anonymous]

That's going to hurt... enamel is protecting the nerves, when that's depleted your teeth become sensitive. I suggest you see a dentist about whether you should whiten your teeth or not even if you don't go to them for whitening as such. If you don't use tooth mousse you should probably start.

[emma21]

Tooth mousse?

[Opinion Owner]

Google gc tooth mousse :) I used to use it, helped my teeth a lot.

[aliciaxx]

It wouldn't work at all on the spots with no enamel, because whitening kits and professional bleaching only bleaches the enamel.

[Anonymous]

try some good mouthwash with brushing and use it "religiously" once every day. I have bad teeth and when I want them to be more white that's what I do but it takes a while (not sure how long)

[Strawbunny]

Professional whitening and stronger whitening kits will only eat away even more enamel.

[aliciaxx]

Professional whitening doesn't remove enamel.. It whitens enamel.

[Strawbunny]

I thought that was why it causes severe senstivity. My cousins does these things to her teeth and now she is always crying whenever she eats or drinks.

[Anonymous]

I don't suggest it. Having healthy teeth is more important than having white teeth.