{"id":223,"date":"2023-06-07T00:23:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T00:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donlandsfamilydentistry.ca\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2024-05-06T14:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:43:56","slug":"what-causes-teeth-to-change-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donlandsfamilydentistry.ca\/blog\/2023\/06\/07\/what-causes-teeth-to-change-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"What Causes Teeth to Change Colour?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you asked hundreds of people what made them insecure about their smile, one of the most common answers you\u2019d get would inevitably be its colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s because there are plenty of ways that you can start to see your teeth yellow, especially if you\u2019ve let your oral health slip. While professional teeth whitening<\/a> can often help you to get a whiter smile, there are limits to what it can achieve depending on the type of stain you are dealing with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, here are a few ways that you could start to see your teeth turn yellow, along with what you can do to remedy the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Two Kinds of Stains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of ways to turn a tooth yellow, but for the purposes of dentistry, they\u2019re typically divided into two categories: intrinsic and extrinsic. The difference has to do with where the stains come from, which affects how they can be treated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extrinsic Stains<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These are what people tend to talk about most often when discussing yellow teeth\u2014stains from your diet or lifestyle choices that settle into the enamel, discolouring it over time. Extrinsic stains can come from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n