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Do your teeth get whiter after quitting smoking?

I am a 38 year old male. I wonder if your teeth get whiter after quitting smoking?

8 Answers

Yes, it will not be whiter, but will stop getting worse.
If they were stained from smoking, then of course they will get whiter upon cessation of smoking.
They will definitely not get any darker for sure. It is very easy to make them whiter by professional bleaching treatment.
Usually not on their own. You need to get your teeth cleaned and should probably get them bleached at the dentist’s office or use some Crest Whitening Strips.
I don’t recommend the mall beaching or online bleaching as they tend to damage your gums as the trays aren’t scalloped to fitbonlo to the gum line and they go over the teeth past the gingival crest and down over the gums.
Not unless you whiten them.
You will need to remove the stain from smoking with a cleaning. After that it should be easier to keep your teeth from getting as dark as they were while you were smoking. Not smoking will also improve the results of teeth whitening.
You will have to remove the stain after quitting smoking to make your teeth whiter. You will have better results from cleaning and teeth whitening if you're not smoking.
Stopping smoking will help prevent more stain from occurring, but your teeth won't get whiter just from quitting (you'll notice a TON of other health benefits from quitting though). If you quit and use a whitening toothpaste, white strips, or professional whitening, then your teeth will get white again. The catch with whitening is that you have to keep up with it. Dark drinks (ie. wine, soda, coffee) will begin to stain them again. Most people who want bright white teeth will do a professional whitening initially, then use whitening toothpaste and "touch up" their whitening every 4-6 months with custom trays and whitening gel or white strips.

Hopefully, that helps answer your question!