The Importance or Unimportance of Teeth Whitening

By Jill Brennan

No one is perfect. We just get all too superficial at times, it happens to everyone. We are not above the occasional need to ridicule and judge especially in an unsolicited manner. Some if not most of us would always carry this pet peeve about certain facial features about people. One of which is the teeth.

Now while it's true that this is hardly the only thing people look at, and probably not at the top of the list in the long run, your teeth bear a significant importance in how you present yourself to people for the first time. In other words, how you want your first impressions to go. Let's face it, people look at our faces and already have opinions about what kind of person we probably are and what type of things we might be into. There tends to be all these stereotyping going on inside their heads which, for all we know, could end up being as disastrous as them not liking us at all just by looking at us for the first time. God forbid that happens.

Now while it's true that this is hardly the only thing people look at, and probably not at the top of the list in the long run, your teeth bear a significant importance in how you present yourself to people for the first time. In other words, how you want your first impressions to go. Let's face it, people look at our faces and already have opinions about what kind of person we probably are and what type of things we might be into. There tends to be all these stereotyping going on inside their heads which, for all we know, could end up being as disastrous as them not liking us at all just by looking at us for the first time. God forbid that happens.

Now how do you handle that? Look for options on teeth whitening. The 2 major methods of teeth whitening are In-office whitening and at-home whitening. There are subcategories as well as alternative methods of course and getting information on as many of these options as you can first before you do any action is a really good idea. But before that, it's probably even a better idea and a high time that we think about the different causes of teeth staining as well as ways of preventing it. Since we are very into the idea of getting our teeth whitened at this point, we're most likely at the mindset of really wanting to keep it that way as well.

It is widely understood that having stained teeth equals having poor oral hygiene. That's probably also why it's important for us to whiten our teeth in the first place, to not be misconstrued as 'having poor oral hygiene'. This is definitely a factor but hardly the only one. Other things we need to look at as far as causes are concerned is the type of food we eat and drink, whether we smoke (relatively big contributor), medicine and naturally, aging which even varies genetically in rapidity.

Now that really isn't our fault for the most part. A huge chunk of it is natural. Still, it doesn't really look too good. Teeth whitening is available as an option with keyword 'option' for some people who'd prefer to look...good. There might be others who'd argue that it is not necessary and you can go through your whole life not doing this at all and still be clean and presentable. But then again, we can go back to the keyword 'option'. Choosing to go through this option will simply make you feel better about yourself.

As an extension to this, you will generally be regarded as a clean person who takes care of himself or herself. Again this doesn't just reflect on your oral hygiene but your overall health too as well as mentioned above. That's certainly not a bad thing at all. On the flip side however, going as far as calling it essential might also be a stretch. One can definitely go through life without having a single teeth whitening session.

As a final note, teeth whitening is a subjective activity, one that people are doing for themselves and as a form of taking care of themselves. There shouldn't be any discussion on whether it is vain or not and I'm not sure if there is anyway. But just as a reminder, it's certainly not on the same level as cosmetics that involve permanent bodily alterations and generally regarded as vain and even dangerous for the health. This one is of the good variety and more of whether if you have the extra cash for this would be the issue at hand. It's your choice. - 29879

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