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Black tooth stain recurring
Black tooth stain is a characteristic extrinsic discoloration caused by chromogenic bacteria. How to deal with this ?
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Black coloured caries usually suggest arrested caries careful inspection is necessary to rule out active caries and laminates or veeners can be applied to match the aesthetics of adjacent teeth
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you Need to visit a Dentist for scaling, avoid sticky food, brush your teeth twice a day.
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Hi
yes it looks like stains due to chromogenic bacteria..
you need to go for scaling (teeth cleaning)
STEPS TO MINIMIZE CHROMOGENIC BACTERIA STAINS:
1. Avoid sticky foods like chocolate biscuits, chocolate drinks, tea
2.Effective tooth brushing twice or thrice a day
3.Regular visit to dentist for teeth cleaning every 6 months
However kindly check for suface caries due to dimineralization
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kindly visit dentist for furthur clinical examination and management
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