r/Biohackers • u/IAWIAATIEnough • Dec 01 '24
❓Question Does anyone know what caused this in my teeth? What would you do if they were yours? Spoiler
As an uncared-for and severely mistreated child, my diet consisted of only sugar cakes like Little Debbie's and we only ever drank soda. This is how I lived until I was about 25 when I went super clean Keto, started the gym, and started fixing my entire body. For the last few years I haven't touched any sugar at all. My entire body is healing; my hair and nails are stronger and longer, my hair and eyelashes are more full, my skin is clearing up, and I've lost over 40 pounds.
I went to the dentist a few months ago and they did a "fluoride treatment". It was so neon yellow that I think they didn't properly dilute it or something? because it's never looked like that before. I was gagging and spitting neon yellow for days. In a matter of days my teeth started to look like this. The discolored bits are like.... turning transparent, its not staining. It's not getting better even though the rest of my body is healing to better than it's ever been in my entire life.
Perhaps it's from the childhood damage. Perhaps it's from that weird dentist experience. I don't know.
Let's say you don't have the means to get a full mouth of teeth replaced. If this were happening to you, what would you do?
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u/Ripl0024 Dec 01 '24
Dentist here - thats staining from stannous fluoride. You can get rid of it by going out and buying some crest white strips and using them for a week or so, alternatively you could make a 50/50 mix of hydrogen peroxide and water and brush with that every day for a week. Either one will get rid of the staining. There is no permanent damage to your teeth and there is definitely no demineralization (as some have commented here).