Teeth whitening is the cosmetic dental procedure people are looking for hundreds of years. It is a fact that sometimes having healthy mouth overshadowed teeth whitening, but soon enough it became just as important as having healthy gums and strong teeth.
Years ago, the Romans and Egyptians knew the significance of good oral health. By using chewing sticks, these enabled them to scrub the particles off their teeth in order to survive. The nearest dentist was at least 2,000 years away, and it is obvious that dentures were entirely out of the question.
The Middle Ages brought forth the legendary barber and his red and white striped pole, (which was brought forth by hanging blood soaked bandages and clean, white bandages outside to dry, then being wrapped together by the wind, thus forming a pole). The barber, at this time had a dual role of cutting people’s hair and pulling their teeth. This was the important time of tooth whitening because it lead to greater social standing and was a label to the outside world that you had enough to eat, in which case, others did not. So, the barber’s role became to not only pull teeth, but to whiten them as well. He would file the teeth down and smudge corrosive nitric acid on them and in turn their teeth would have a beautiful luminous glow to them. However, the effect of this procedure led to the destruction of the enamel and then would lead to decayed teeth.
Hopefully by this time they wouldn’t have to rely on their social graces to get through life, but on their personality like the rest of us. In many parts of the world it was added to the drinking water, thus becoming available to everyone. Even those that were unable to purchase toothpaste or mouthwash. Thanks to this fluoride finding, this gave dentists more time to focus their attention on tooth whitening, which would prove to be more profitable.
To the present day, tooth whitening has become a booming business, with a variety of ways to achieve that radiant and perfect smile while satisfying all price ranges. Professional dentists today, speak more on preventative care or measure in order to have white teeth, such as staying away from coffee, tea, tobacco, red wine, and even some antibiotic medications.
However, for those of us that need our daily cup of coffee and daily glass of red wine, there is a multitude of ways to getting your teeth whitened. You can do it at home by purchasing over the counter teeth whitening strips or whitening gels or by going to the dentist and receiving the latest and greatest procedure in tooth whitening (which luckily doesn’t contain nitric acid anymore).
Teeth whitening is available to everyone around the world, and you would be surprised that some people still use chewing sticks. However, a radiant smile still means the same thing now, as it did then: health, wealth, and good family up bringing has been replaced with the importance of physical appearance.
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