Tooth stains are one of the most common oral disorders. They can appear for various reasons, especially due to external factors related to hygiene and eating habits. However, there is a generation (those of the 60s and 70s) that currently have stains and yellowing on their teeth due to the side effects of an antibiotic, tetracycline, which for many years was used to treat a long series of pathologies such as infections. respiratory, urinary system or stomach. This antibiotic was recommended for both adults and children.
Decades ago, one of its most serious side effects was discovered: the stains and discoloration it causes on the teeth. This has led to the fact that today many people have this aesthetic problem. It is common that in our office we meet daily with patients who have discolorations in their teeth due to the use of tetracycline.
However, today with the treatments and technology that we have, the resolution of this problem of unsightly yellow teeth is very effective and there is no need to resign ourselves to having the original white of our smile or resort to whitening solutions based on product concentration, such as carbamide peroxide, self-consumption and that, in addition to not achieving the most optimal results, there is a risk of using them without control and falling into obsession with the lack of results of an increasingly whiter tooth, a pathology known as whiterexia.
