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