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Teeth Whitening? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’m trying to get perspective on this particular beauty standard and how I want to approach it. Do people whiten their teeth where you live? Is it seen as expected to do so? Do you live in a city?

I have healthy teeth that have nevertheless seen a lot of tea and coffee. I have generally thought of this as similar to wrinkles, i.e. a natural thing bodies do that I don’t want to pay money to fix since it isn’t broken. I still think this. But I have been feeling lately like there might be more actual social stigma to my teeth being discolored. I am wondering if this is at all real? Has whitening teeth become an expected thing for all adults to do now? I thought I’d ask how other people feel and think about this and what the general norm is in your social circle.

Edit: thanks for the responses everybody.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Just use a peroxide toothpaste, 1) it's a good idea in general, 2) it'll whiten your teeth over time so no one notices and you don't get that 'high beam' bright white that throws everyone off.

Source: I used to smoke unfiltered cigarettes for years and my teeth look normal. Peroxide toothpaste, always have used it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is it bad for them in any way? What brand do you use?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I've been using a peroxide toothpaste for nearly 30 years and the only problem I've really run into is that now non-peroxide toothpaste tastes funny to me.

And I usually get Crest but in a pinch you can just dribble a little peroxide from a bottle (it's ridiculously cheap) on any toothpaste before you brush.