How to keep your teeth clean and sparkling white?

The not so easy method is to skip coffee, cola drinks, chocolate, cigarette, Chardonnay and other items. But luckily there are some easy tips for us.

1. Snack on Celery or carrots or cucumbers - These foods require quite a bit of chewing, which increases saliva production and it flushes away food stains according to New York City Dentist Lana Rozenberg.
2. Chew sugarless gums after you consume the food or drinks.
3. Mouth wash with water after you eat or drink to eliminate food stains. It also keeps your breath fresh otherwise you will smell of the food you eat.
4. When drinking colas or coffee avoid direct contact with front sides of the teeth to prevent stains. You can use a straw for this.
5. Tobacco is the top tooth stainer, so avoiding it is the best solution, if not use any of the methods here.
6. Eat Strawberries - When strawberry is combined with baking soda, the mixture creates a chemical called malic acid which acts as an astringent to remove tooth surface discoloration.
7. There is also another method you can use white distilled vinegar by brushing once or twice a week with white distilled vinegar. It whitens your teeth and eliminates bad breath. You can use a little tooth paste along with this if you can’t handle the taste of vinegar. I use this method it is very effective.
8. Apple's juices also reduces stains (Tip from Stacie).
9. Lemon juice and Baking Soda mixture (Tip from Shirley).

So, instead of paying costly teeth whitening methods or treatments, we can use any of these simpler methods.

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