Whitening with acid erosion

[Ellie78]

I have acid erosion and my upper front teeth are especially dark on their lower thirds. I am not sure whether this is due to the enamel having worn away. I also have yellowing of the rest of my teeth despite having never smoked and I don't drink red wine, tea or coffee! If I had my teeth whitened would this also help the darkest (? thinnest) part of my front teeth or would it just increase the contrast? Any advice would be very welcome. Thanks.

[Dr Kalpesh Bohara]

Hi

It is very difficult to answer if whitening would be a procedure which will enable to get you a good result..

i would recommend the following

1. examination with the dentist to find out the cause of erosion . This would allow the dentist to determine the best form of treatment. In certain cases whitening would not be appropriate, and orther alternatives would have to be considered.

I hope thie helps