How do abrasives (such as toothpaste) hide scratches??
139393
abrasives do not hide scratches,they act as a buffing compound to buff the scratches out.
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Be very careful with the sort of cleaning you do. Discolouration can be either from external sources, like food or drink, or from excess brushing, or brushing with some whitening toothpastes. These can be quite abrasive, and added to frequency or pressure applied by a toothbrush, can wear the white enamel from your teeth and show the yellow dentine underneath, giving the impression of discoloured teeth. It's important to discern the actual cause of your discolouration, before going out to try and remove it.
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Erm dont know if this will help at all, my wonderful fountain of knowledge (aka my wife) has suggested that you gently rub some baby oil on it, apparently it removes scratches from silver finishes and also cleans it, its certainly knowledge to me, but she normally surprises me with her vast amount random information.\nAlso nice and cheap, hope it works for you, and if it does please can you let me know.\n\nGood Luck
95676
Use Toothpaste. Seriously, no joke, toothpaste works.
63191
if they are very small scratches i would just use a commercial grade lcd screen cleaner. i got mine at office max. be very careful because most laptop screens are different than a home lcd. laptops have a protective coating on it which u can damage even more.
631807
You can buy a disc scratch polisher/cleaner system. If the burns aren't too deep, it will polish them off along with scratches.
523804
It doesn't usually cause abrasion. Powerbrushes work automatically so force should not be applied. Toothpastes itself contains abrasives but that doesn't cause the abrasion on your gums, it is usually the force you apply. =)
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I advise my patients to use \n\nColgate Sensation Deep Clean Whitening\n\nThis has Bicarbonate of soda in it but does not have the strong taste that Arm and Hammer has.\n\nIt is very mildly abrasive, enough that it will remove staining but not damage the enamel on your teeth.\n\nBeware of using Pearl Drops, Eucryl or other so called tooth polishes. They are too abrasive to be used regularly and make the staining worse eventually by roughening the enamel so the stain sticks all the more.\n\nIf it's any recommendation, I use this myself too!\n\np.s. Crest Whitening Strips are NOT available in the UK, the Americans have not been reading the questions again...........
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A jewelers cloth or fine silver polish is best.  Cheap polishes and toothpaste will work, but they also leave very tiny scratches which will get water and dirt in them and cause the ring to tarnish again more quickly.
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try this method. it's worked for me the past 2 years, and is super cheap!\n1. before you brush your teeth, swish with a 50% water & 50% hydrogen peroxide solution for 30 seconds.\n2. spit out 50/50 solution.  do not rinse mouth with water. \n3. brush with whitening toothpaste*\n\nthis will help keep stains at bay:-) \n\n*the toothpaste i like is Colgate Total Whitening (paste, not gel) \n\ngood luck!
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Baking soda alone(not as part of a toothpaste formula) is a mild abrasive and antacid.It will clean your teeth and neutralize harmful acids on them.It will not remove imbedded stains.Use it,but don't expect it to "whiten"damaged enamel.
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I've heard of it.  The toothpast is supposed to fill in the scratches.  I think you're supposed to put it on and then wipe it off with a soft cloth.  It won't work on bad scratches, though.  I would get a Skip Dr.  It fixes scratches in video games, cds, & dvds, and it's only about $30 (or less)
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I use a toothbrush and toothpaste
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Good old toothpaste and a old toothbrush.\n\n              IT REALLY WORKS!!!
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toothpaste, i have done it many times and it works.
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I have found that the Arm & Hammer brand of toothpaste that is whitening works very well, after you are done with the tube you are suppossed to be able to see about three shades lighter.
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you can use  toothpaste with a whitener in it,   but if there are badly stained  only the dentist will be able to sort them\n good luck