{"id":8523,"date":"2021-09-24T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T09:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/blancorexia-dental\/"},"modified":"2022-02-21T10:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T10:44:14","slug":"dental-whitorexia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/en\/dental-whitorexia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental Blancorexia: Obsession with white teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is blancorexia?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is an unquestionable reality that in recent years the general population's interest in taking care of its aesthetics has been progressively increasing, generating various and diverse psychological disorders. I am sure that you yourself, reading this, are thinking of a specific person in your environment. That person whose life revolves around taking care of their physical appearance, who has had some aesthetic retouching and can never get enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that sense, there are also, and here in the dental clinic V\u00e9lez y Lozano<\/a> We are aware of the problem, those who can never get enough of the shade of their teeth. This obsessive disorder about the white shade of the teeth is called blancorexia<\/strong> and the patient never sees their teeth sufficiently lightened, which leads them to become frustrated at not achieving this objective and to carry out practices that are more than questionable for their dental health, such as resorting to methods of dubious reliability and without guarantees or controls that are purchased on the internet and that they themselves apply at home without the control of an expert, with the consequences that this can have on their oral health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural tooth colour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many patients think that the natural colour of teeth is white, and therefore believe that this is the shade they will achieve with whitening. However, teeth naturally have a shade closer to ivory than the 'nuclear white' that some patients seek and intend to achieve with whitening. tooth whitening<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most probable causes of this problem lies between the television and celebrities<\/strong> in general. It is not uncommon on any set of any programme, or in any series, for the smiles of the actors to be perfect and white and to stand out from the rest of the set. However, these smiles are often tricky, as they are actually achieved by means of restorations<\/strong> such as porcelain veneers, zirconium crowns, resin or composite veneers...etcetera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what leads many patients to believe that this shade of white can be achieved naturally and this is where their obsession or obsession begins. blancorexia<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dangers of blancorexia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As we have already mentioned, patients suffering from whitorexia are frustrated by not achieving the desired colour, so they try to demand multiple whitening treatments from their dentist and when the dentist refuses (for health reasons), they turn to miracle methods or buy substances of dubious legality on the internet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carcinogen peroxide or hydrogen peroxide are substances that are used in most bleaching procedures, but their use must be supervised by a dental professional. In case they are illegally obtained through the internet and applied to themselves, the excessive use of these substances results in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Dental hypersensitivity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Loss of tooth enamel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Irreversible pulpitis or even necrosis of the tooth<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Irritation and inflammation of the gums<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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