How to whiten teeth and prevent stains

The best way to enjoy a lasting white smile is to prevent teeth stains from occurring in the first place as best you can. This includes the obvious tip to not smoke, which is bad for your teeth, lungs, heart, skin, and everything else located between your scalp and the bottom of your feet.

And while avoiding red wine, coffee, blueberries, and other dark beverages and foods will certainly help prevent stains, doing so will also reduce life pleasure more than having a brighter smile will increase it.

Instead of avoiding everything that could stain your teeth, change a few of your habits. Consider using a straw as much as possible, even with coffee or wine. Maybe not when you’re out at a nice restaurant, but at home, anyway. Investing in a few stainless steel straws ensures you always have one ready and that the taste of your drink won’t be affected. I like EcoVessel straws because they have a soft silicone tip.

If you’re serious about preventing stains, you need to brush your teeth after eating or drinking anything likely to cause them. But in fact you should not brush immediately after consuming highly acidic foodstuffs, as you can corrode your teeth by grinding the acid in. Instead, rinse thoroughly with water and then brush. And whether or not you can brush your teeth after every time you eat, always make pure water the last thing you consume after a meal, snack, or drink.

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