Your smile is one of the first things people notice about you when you first meet, and so life can be difficult if you’re ashamed of your teeth. You might find yourself holding back from smiling and laughing, and not being the happy person that you want to be. While beauty might only be skin deep, how we feel about ourselves on the surface can hugely affect our confidence and how we feel on the inside. Here are a few ways you can improve your smile, and make it your prettiest feature.
Use a Lipstick Colour That Enhances Your Teeth
Lipstick shades with a warm undertone will accent any yellowness in teeth making them look more dull, whereas those with a cool undertone will accentuate the whiteness making them look brighter. So if for example you were buying red lipstick, avoid brown toned reds and instead choose pink-reds or a true pillarbox red. This is a simple tip but it really works, you don’t even need to do anything to the teeth themselves instead you’re just enhancing what you already have. This is especially handy for people who already have fairly good teeth.
Try DIY Whitening Treatments
A great, inexpensive way to remove surface stains from teeth (things like tea, coffee, red wine and even plaque) DIY whitening treatments can be effective. Common kitchen ingredients such as strawberries, baking soda and apple cider vinegar have all been shown to work well. Another option is to use activated charcoal, you’ll find this in powder form online or in your local health foods shop. The natural adhesive qualities of the charcoal stick to any stains to lift them off the teeth. With any DIY home whitening treatment, stick to using it once a month. They can be fairly intense, so you don’t want to weaken your teeth by doing them too often.
Visit The Dentist
For problems with your teeth that you can’t correct yourself, such as cracks and chips, deep discolouration, crookedness and bite problems it’s imperative that you visit a dentist. There are so many options for improvements, try to push past any fear your might have and think about the outcome. You could opt for veneers, invisible braces, teeth whitening and even dental implants if you have problems with any missing teeth. It will give you your confidence back, and allow you to be able to laugh and smile without feeling embarrassed. Everyone should visit the dentist every six months anyway, they will help to pick up any problems early on so that you don’t end up with extreme pain further down the road. Make sure you’re signed up to a good dental plan, you can get all the facts at Carefree Dental.
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Regardless of the method you choose, if you’re unhappy with your smile it’s so worth making the effort to improve it to give you more confidence. Even if you’re already fairly happy with your teeth, giving them a boost to make them look that bit brighter might just give you the incentive to smile more!
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