Not everybody is born with a permanently bright smile that is invulnerable to yellow stains from smoking and drinking coffee or wine. If you have not so appealing teeth shades, there are many teeth whitening treatments for you to choose from nowadays. Many people mistakenly think that cheap DIY teeth whitening products like teeth bleaching gels and whitening stripes can only be used as a temporary white teeth relief compared to long lasting results from expensive dentist laser teeth whitening such as Zoom or BriteSmile. Actually, what is most important is the proper care and maintenance of your newly brightened smile and more often than not, the main culprit for having discolorations and yellowish stains on your teeth surface is you. Yes, you did not see wrongly even if you blinked. When people go for comprehensive but expensive teeth whitening treatments at the dental clinics, the dentists will also prescribe some protective toothpastes for use to prolong the whitening effects of their laser or bleaching procedures. Although these toothpastes are more special than your normal Colgate or Crest fluoride ones, they are not that special that you cannot buy them easily from the pharmacies. Just ask for remineralization toothpastes containing higher concentrations of fluoride and potassium nitride. Of course, if you have only spent less than fifty bucks on some Crest whitestrips, you may not even be bothered about buying a tube of $10 remineralization toothpastes to upkeep your teeth's current whiteness. On the other hand, patients that spent a couple of thousands bucks on expensive dentist teeth whitening are more likely to take their bright smile maintenance more seriously such that it appear to outsiders that DIY teeth whitening product users ended up with white teeth that does not last at all!
So what makes remineralization toothpastes so effective against the onslaught of yellowish stains on recently bleached teeth? To understand this, you must know that for bleaching to work, parts of the enamel are destroyed in order for the soft dentin layer underneath to absorb the bleaching gel and be oxidized by the contained hydrogen peroxide bleaching agent used by both DIY and dentist profession laser tooth whitening procedures. Then again, recall what causes those extrinsic yellowish stains on your teeth in the first place? Yes, the acidic compounds in certain foods, beverages and cigarette smoke erode away the teeth enamel while the colored food molecules stain the teeth dentin material. So if the carbide peroxide teeth bleaching gel creates even more holes in the enamel, these become easy entry for colored food molecules in foods such as mangos, red wine, chocolate, apple cider, colas etc. You have to either abstain from such foods after performing teeth whitening for a certain period until your enamel layer is naturally recovered or you try to help restore the minerals that make up the enamel. For the latter, fluoride toothpastes can help to quicken the remineralization of the enamel structure to make it strong and impervious to staining and cavities.
On the other hand, potassium nitrate is widely known as an effective cure for tooth sensitivity pains that are commonly experienced by people that have undergone some sort of teeth bleaching treatments. This protective formula is also used in toothpastes designed for people with sensitive teeth that experience annoying pain twinges while eating hot or cold foods and drinks. If you are using a cheap DIY teeth whitening kit that does not come packaged with such a remineralization tooth paste, just go and buy it anyway just its benefits are too many to be ignored. Even if you do not suffer from sensitive toothaches, the ability to create long lasting teeth whitening effects are good enough.