Quick Answer Take dentures out after every meal and rinse them, brush them once a day with a soft denture brush and mild soap or a denture paste, never ordinary toothpaste, over a basin of water or a folded towel so a drop does not crack them, and soak them overnight...
Quick Answer Start cleaning a child’s mouth before the first tooth, brush twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste from the day the first tooth appears (a smear the size of a grain of rice under age 3, a pea-sized amount from 3 to 6), never put a child to bed with a...
Quick Answer A sharp, short pain when sugar or cold touches a tooth means something has reached the dentine, the sensitive layer under the enamel, and the two commonest ways that happens are a cavity that has broken through the enamel and a gum that has receded to...
Quick Answer Yes and no, and the line between them is a hole. Tooth decay begins as a soft, chalky white spot where acid has drawn minerals out of the enamel but the surface is still intact; at this stage it can be reversed, because saliva and fluoride can put the...
Quick Answer Yellow teeth come from two different places, and the fix depends on which one you have. Surface (extrinsic) stains from chai, coffee, paan, naswar, smoking and plaque sit on the outside of the enamel and can be removed: a professional scaling and...
Quick Answer Home whitening can genuinely lift surface stains from chai, coffee, paan and smoking by about one to two shades, using a whitening toothpaste twice daily, a baking soda paste once or twice a week, and peroxide-based whitening strips if you want more. It...
