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Just recently I came across a piece of news saying that Malaysians in general have poor oral health problems. Well, may be most of us (perhaps it’s just me) don’t like to visit dentist, and hate dental check-up!

I don’t know, I just can’t stand listening and FEELING the machine buzzing in my mouth during the teeth cleaning process. And isn’t the dentist supposed to clean my teeth, not my gum?

It was also mentioned that the dentist to population ration in our country is very low. Okay, perhaps that is one of the reasons why many Malaysians (including me) have tooth decay problem. So, our country should train more dentists, whether they are general dentists or specializes in cosmetic dentistry.

The dentists can then advertise their services online, just like with dental implants Plano. But what they need to do to ‘entice’ a big bunch of dentist-phobic people to visit them is to give great discounts and good after-care to calm down traumatized patients (such as ME). Oh, perhaps they should also provide some counseling before any dental procedure to reduce the patient’s anxiety level.

Well, may be all of these won’t tempt me a bit to visit the dentist. Simply put, having a needle poked into my arm and have my blood withdrawn is better than seeing the dentist.

Was in the shopping mall yesterday and went to the pharmacy looking for my teeth whitening toothpaste. I thought I saw an advertisement that Colgate has a new teeth whitening product that claimed to show results in 2 weeks, and was excited to try it myself.

However, I couldn’t find it in that particular pharmacy store! What a bummer!

I didn’t check out the other pharmacy store in the mall though, coz was already tired at that moment and just wanted to take a sit and quench my thirst. Anyway, I bought a teeth whitening toothpaste by the brand of Zact. Never heard of it before, but decided to give it a try since it is meant for removing coffee and tea stains, and both hubby and I are coffee and tea drinkers.

Will start using the whitening toothpaste tonight. I wonder how it tastes like….

Went to the nearest shopping mall for dinner last night, but forgot to buy the teeth whitening toothpaste that I have been wanting to get since a month ago. Besides realizing that my teeth look yellowish and not sparkling at all and that I want to do something about it, I also found that teeth whitening seems to be a trend these days and I should be part of it. Hahaha!

I don’t know if teeth whitening toothpaste is effective or how long does one need to use it before the teeth whitening effect is observable. For people who wants to see fast results, they should go for professional teeth whitening at the dentist’s office. In fact, teeth whitening is one of the most popular cosmetic dentistry services nowadays. For example, a Orange New Jersey cosmetic dentist is able to provide teeth whitening services, plus other services such as installation of porcelain veneers, bridges and crowns, as well as tooth-colored restoration. Of course, these types of cosmetic dental procedures are quite costly, but certainly not as expensive as plastic surgery. Yet, a little bit of change to the teeth may go a long way of creating a lovely and sparkling smile.

For me, I have this phobia towards dentists, haha, so I would rather stick to DIY teeth whitening methods.