Social networks can offer us many benefits and be very useful in our daily lives, as long as we know where the limit is. In recent weeks, a new challenge has gone viral: whitening your teeth at home using a cleaning product . A practice that, as is logical, from the General Council of Dentists completely discourage.
As the challenge presents itself, it is relatively easy to be deceived. And it promises to make stains disappear and show off a white smile in a matter of seconds . To whiten teeth, he suggests using a product called “magic eraser”, which is very aggressive and is designed to remove all kinds of difficult stains at home.
On second thought, it is absolute madness, but there are those who are daring to do it. If we look at the list of ingredients in the “magic eraser” we realize that they are all chemical and even toxic. So using it to get white teeth and a perfect smile doesn’t seem like the best idea.
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But the reality is different. And it is that in social networks we can find many videos of users who have been encouraged to try this trick at home . The truth is that we all want to show off great teeth, but these fashions that promise fast and cheap results never have to be an option for anyone.
Let’s remember that a few months ago a very dangerous fashion also went viral. It consisted of filing the teeth with a nail file to try to correct the defects. Dentists warned of its dangers, noting that filing enamel can expose dentin, a highly porous layer with numerous nerve endings.
The challenge of whitening teeth with a cleaning product has achieved such virality that Doctor Óscar Castro, president of the General Council of Dentists, has been forced to issue a statement.
In it he points out that this product removes stains by eroding the enamel, something irreversible. In addition to the fact that in the medium term the teeth will look more yellow as the enamel layer disappears , it also warns of the risks of accidentally ingesting the product. To all this must be added that when the enamel erodes, the gum of the neck of the tooth is rubbed, thus subjecting it to trauma that can lead to mucosal injuries.
