Doing oil pulling, avoiding sugary foods, eating green vegetables, brushing your teeth, having regular dental checkups, teeth cleaning occasionally, proper diet, exercising, yoga, and healthy lifestyles promote strong, white teeth. But does it? Where are the facts that support these claims overflown on the internet, especially on all social media platforms? We all know that once an adult tooth is damaged or removed, it can’t grow back. At least for now, science has not developed a medicine to regrow our teeth just like a reptile grows its skin. There are hundreds and thousands of myths when it comes to dental care and treatment. People still get scared at the thought of a dentist. They imagine a dental clinic with the image of a psycho with a puncture device, but that’s your paranoia and anxiety speaking, right? Let’s bust out all the common myths about teeth that are bombarded into your ears and tend to be believed in the long run.

If you are suffering from a scorching toothache, don’t wait for the situation to get worse, contact a nearby Duncanville dentist right away. Visit your doctor to identify the problem beneath your tooth pain, as you never know what the pain is implying. Tooth pain is linked to both bodily function and oral health.

Common Myths and Misconceptions about Teeth: 

There are numerous misconceptions about what makes a healthy smile; not all are true. The following will shed light on some commonly known myths about healthy and strong teeth:

1. All Dental Stains Can Be Removed: Regular consumption of coffee, tea, tomatoes, red sauces, cigarettes, and stained food items can cause the upper layer of your teeth to appear yellow and dull. These stains can be cleared by dental cleaning, bonding, or tooth whitening. Discoloration that occurs due to a damaged tooth or dead pulp (the soft core of a tooth, which contains blood and nerves) is much harder to fix. It requires a deeper level of cleaning, bleaching, or maybe bonding. If your tooth stain has been affected by poor oral hygiene and has been ignored over the years, the stain becomes brittle and harder to remove. To clear and whiten poorly looking teeth, a dentist may apply the bleaching method a few times to clean the tooth. If the stains are deeply ingrained, the bonding method is used, in which a plastic-like layer is coated upon the teeth.
2. Soft Teeth Cause Cavities: Teeth are naturally one of the hardest substances in the human body. The enamel that covers your teeth above the gum line protects your teeth from cavity-causing bacteria. It’s not the ‘softness’ that results in excavations. Cavities are caused by acid produced by bacteria, which melts the tooth’s enamel. The damaged part of the teeth or the impaired enamel is called a cavity. However, the tooth is not soft, which ultimately causes this damage; it’s just a myth. When you eat acidic or sugary food, the leftovers in your mouth produce acid, which creates cavity-causing bacteria.
3. Chewing Gum is Bad for Your Health: The trend says chewing gum will help you get a sharp jawline and better oral hygiene. The fact about a sharp jawline has not been proven; however, the latter might be true. Chewing gum requires constant motion, which increases saliva production. Saliva in itself protects and helps clean your teeth. But if you eat candy or sugary gum, thinking it’ll do the job, then you are mistaken. Sugar is the main component in gums, candy, cakes, and mints; it feeds cavity-causing bacteria. It creates a perfect, thriving environment for them. You may want to switch to sugar-free gum or xylitol.