Aging individuals with their teeth in its degenerative stages are more vulnerable to staining than those of teenagers.  Children are not exempted either.  When excessive fluoride is introduced during the  younger years of a child, the teeth will tend to exhibit unsightly streaks.  Also, diseased individuals taking antibiotics can suffer with the general degradation of teeth color.

 

Teeth Development

Truly, teeth development has a lot of say on how one person’s teeth would color.  Hence, it is helpful to comprehensively look into how teeth develop to develop the best teeth whitening strategy.

 

Teeth development begins when the undeveloped body is still layered in terms of ectoderm and mesoderm.  The enamel, the outermost surface, stems out from the ectoderm, while all other teeth tissues are derived from the mesenchyme.  Each tooth has a varying timing in sprouting.  The first tooth often buds from the front lower jaw, followed by growths in the front upper jaw, then later on back jaw parts.

 

The first teeth or primary teeth arrive between the young ages of 4 months to 12 months.  These are commonly known as the central incisors.  This is immediately followed by the growth of second central incisors found in adjacent locations.  The teeth growth proceeds to the upper front jaw similarly appearing on fours.

 

The first four molars appear afterwards.  This will then signal to the formation of the remaining two bottom lateral incisors, siding immediately adjacent to the central incisors.  The two pointed tooth (more known as the cuspids) then appear, and lastly during the child’s age of two, the four second molars appear.

 

Staining has little effect on the primary teeth or baby teeth, as they may erupt soon after the child reaches the age of 7 at almost a pattern as it grows.  The baby teeth will eventually be replaced by permanent teeth.  The 32 strong permanent teeth are highly vulnerable to staining during its development.  To achieve a bright smile, make sure that you follow proper dental habits as advised by your dentist.