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Hi y’all, when I was a kid I did some really stupid things. One of those being deciding to barely brush my teeth for several months. This was obviously horrible and I got many cavities and my teeth became severely discolored. It’s been close to a decade since this happened and my hygiene has drastically improved.
I’ve tried using whitening strips several times but haven’t seen the results I was hoping for. I figure that whatever damage I did a while ago is too severe to be fully undone. I’m in college so I don’t exactly have a lot of money, but I figure I’d need a decent amount of money to truly fix my teeth. Nevertheless what little money I do have I would be willing to spend to do what I can, is there a while lot I can do? Should I keep using the whitening strips?
NAC will take away some of the plaque BUT BE CAREFUL overuse will WEAKEN YOUR ENAMEL. Using it to brush with once in a while MUY BIEN. Use it daily = NO TEEFS LEFT. Tbh I didn’t hit the dentist for over a decade and my teeth were so great that the hygienist didn’t even need the full hour. I did however wear down my enamel on a tooth a bit. I used it daily for like 3 months tho. I would recommend at most once a week. But plaque is just a biofilm aka a dome house that bacteria build so using an enzyme will help. But BE CAREFUL.
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Yeah it’s an enzyme that breaks down microbiomes. You can get it usually anywhere like grocery stores. They did a study and if you don’t brush your teeth and just use nac in the morning once a day the teeth had 0 plaque. I don’t suggest this. I also don’t suggest heavily overusing the enzyme. I am only suggesting this in a very extreme circumstance where the OP says she can’t afford dental and her teeth are rotting away from plaque.