Teeth whitening is popular for various reasons. The most obvious reason why people choose teeth whitening is because it makes you feel great. It helps you improve your facial appearance and overall personality to a great extent. Good looking, white teeth give a very good impression about a person. People who have stained or discolored teeth find teeth bleaching very helpful. Shining white teeth give that added self confidence. Tooth whitening is also an easy and relatively cheaper procedure than many other forms of cosmetic surgeries. It takes just a few hours and a few visits to undergo teeth whitening. All these factors make tooth whitening a favorite with people.
A quick glimpse at history shows that white teeth have been around long before the arrival of seductive Hollywood smiles and billion-dollar bleaching campaigns. People have been doing this for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians used a cream made from oxen hooves mixed with burned egg shells, pumice and water to whiten their teeth. Upper-class Romans added expensive imported urine to their teeth whitening mix (unaware that it was the ammonia molecules that were whitening their teeth). The Greeks had formulations and at the beginning of the Renaissance, Europeans were putting compounds on their teeth in a conscious effort to whiten them. Unfortunately, those compounds were essentially the equivalent of today’s Clorox. It ate the enamel away on the teeth. They had whiter teeth for a while, but then they started to see severe decay.
Today’s teeth whitening methods are safe and produce wonderful results.
