| Having a great appearance is something that | | | | drinking certain beverages on a daily basis to discolor |
| everybody wants, specially in this day and age when | | | | the enamel because they increase the amount of |
| beauty is so heavily marketed. There are several | | | | material pigments which will adhere to it. |
| characteristics which denote beauty in people some of | | | | Enamel is perhaps the hardest substance in our body, |
| them are: personality, body and a beautiful smile. This | | | | along with cementum, dental pulp and dentin are the |
| last characteristic is perhaps the most important one | | | | main tissues that our teeth are made of, over 90% of |
| due to the fact that most people tend to remember | | | | the enamel is made of minerals and its color varies |
| the faces of those who they meet instead of their | | | | from white, grayish white and a very light yellow tone. |
| names which is actually very normal. | | | | The mineral substances which are part of the enamel |
| Taken in consideration of people pay more attention to | | | | makes it a semitranslucent for this minerals and don't |
| a face than to a name we must pay special attention | | | | make it very thick, which is why the color of our teeth |
| to the aesthetics of our teeth, a beautiful smile is | | | | is influenced by the layers which are underneath it. The |
| unforgettable for all the right reasons and an ugly smile | | | | thickest part of the enamel is located at the cusp of |
| is unforgettable due to the many things that are wrong | | | | the tooth and it becomes very thin at its border. |
| with it, choosing to how people remembers a face is a | | | | Tooth bleaching techniques have been developed in |
| choice that needs to be made by each and everyone | | | | order to restore the natural appearance of the enamel |
| of us. | | | | which may have been stained by strong beverages |
| Tooth bleaching is a very common process which has | | | | and cigarettes, in fact these bleaching techniques are |
| been developed in order to improve the appearance | | | | more about restoration than anything else. The enamel |
| of our teeth, this specific procedure falls within the field | | | | is a very important layer of our teeth, one that defines |
| of cosmetic dentistry. We are all born with a pearly- | | | | their shape and color, if the enamel is a heavily |
| white teeth however, as time goes by that natural | | | | damaged dentists use what are called veneers which |
| color of our teeth starts to change this is mostly | | | | are placed on the surface of our teeth as if they were |
| because the mineral structure of the enamel becomes | | | | a special cover, veneers act as a protective layer |
| less porous which makes them look stained. Other | | | | which will define the shape of our teeth it will protect |
| factors also play a huge role in the color of our teeth | | | | their natural color. |
| for instance, the excessive use of tobacco and | | | | |