What Causes Stained Teeth?
What Causes Tooth Staining? Many factors cause and aggravate tooth staining, including age, starting color, translucency and thinness, eating habits, smoking habits, drugs and chemicals, grinding, and trauma. A direct correlation exists between tooth color and age. Usually, the older the teeth the more the teeth are stained due to accumulation and general wear and tear. Teenagers will likely experience immediate, drastic results from whitening because their teeth have not accumulated a large build up of stains. In the twenties when the teeth begin to show a yellow cast, teeth-whitening may require slightly more effort. Teeth in their forties begin to change hues from yellow to brown, indicating more maintenance in teeth-whitening efforts. By the fifties, the teeth have absorbed a host of stubborn stains which can prove difficult, but not impossible, to remove. The starting color of teeth varies from person to person and ranges from yellow-brownish to greenish-grey and becomes more pron
