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What colour are your teeth?

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HarmoniousHumbug · 05/03/2026 15:07

Mine are quite yellow, which I think is fairly normal for the UK.

I never really gave it much thought until a recent visit to a new dentist who was trying to flog teeth whiteners costing several hundred pounds!

I’m mid sixties and can’t see the point. However it has made me a bit self conscious and more aware of how they look.

I’m pretty sure they’re natural and I know it’s nothing to do with my oral hygiene. I’m always very meticulous about this.

So please tell me what colour yours are?

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Kelim · 05/03/2026 18:06

Yellow. It's fine. Getting neurotic about things like teeth looking totally normal is a huge waste of energy in my view.

Version876 · 05/03/2026 18:15

Mine are white (age 50). I’ve just started using one of the oral b whitening toothpastes and it has helped lift tea stains. Priced at £20 but £10 in Sainsbury’s. Haven’t caused any sensitivity that the awful Colgate blue whitening toothpaste did.

I won a course of teeth whitening from my dentist but binned it as figured it would cause more sensitivity.

My issue is tea staining so an ongoing battle. I have the air cleaning at hygenist too and go every 6 mths, sometimes every 3 if tea stains build up too much.

Mairzydotes · 05/03/2026 18:18

They are ivory.

I've had them bleached , but that was many years ago before the Turkey Teeth look became popular.

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beadystar · 05/03/2026 18:20

They were beige, some far too short and a chip from old grinding on the bottom. Got them whitened to a mix of B1 and B2 and some bonding work done and I have to say, money well spent!

namechangeabc123 · 05/03/2026 18:21

Mine were yellow so I had them whitened. They’re real teeth so they don’t look like Turkey veneers. They just look like white and healthy natural teeth.

Deadringer · 05/03/2026 18:35

Cetera · 05/03/2026 17:28

How much is it for whitening at the dentist these days?

Mine cost 400 euro in Dublin. There was enough stuff to top them up another 4 times. Once you have the moulds you can buy the whitener online, i think it's about 50 euro and has 2/3 treatments in it. I used Philips zoom. My teeth were very white when I was young, and even though i always took good care of them they yellowed as i aged, its so nice to get them looking fresh and clean again.

cupfinalchaos · 05/03/2026 19:01

I whitened my teeth 13 years ago and still can’t eat a cold apple from the fridge. My df, a dental technician, told me I was mad and that tooth colour differs like eye colour but would I listen?

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