I never used to be a coffee drinker. I grew up watching my parents drink the stuff, but I never much cared for it myself. I did really enjoy the smell of coffee, and it reminded me of relaxing mornings, but I never cared for the taste much. I only ever drank it on mornings where I had slept very poorly the night before, and my mom would give me some to drink before I went to school to wake me up a little bit. It wasn’t until I got to college that I truly began to appreciate coffee. I only began drinking coffee because that’s what everyone seemed to do on my college campus, and there was a very popular coffee shop in the student center. I would drink it in small doses on occasions on social outings with my friends or something like that, or on days where I really struggled to wake up.
However, the more I drank it, the more accustomed to the taste I got with it. I started to pick on a trend of using less and less creamer, enjoying more coffee simply for the flavor of the coffee and how it tasted. Uh oh.. Soon enough, I became a full blown coffee drinker. Count me in as one of the hundreds of millions of Americans who start their day with a good old fashioned cup of joe. Where I used to enjoy maybe two or three coffees a week before, I began to drink a lot more as I’ve gotten older. Freshman year of college, I finally broke down and bought myself a Keurig. The problem with this is that now I had access to coffee all the time. I started to drink at least one cup of coffee a day, if not much more depending on how busy I was, how tired I felt, or how much work I had to do.
The problem I ran into with coffee is that it isn’t great for your teeth. In fact, I learned that coffee has a tendency to stain your teeth and make them look pretty gross if you don’t try to whiten them in some way. I have not gone to the dentist in years, but I have been taking good care of my teeth for the most part. I have only ever had one cavity in my life and have not had any serious complications when it comes to my dental health. However, I am very insecure about my teeth looking gross and therefore do not want my coffee drinking habit to have too big of an impact on my teeth. I looked up different dentist recommendations for whitening teeth and removing surface stains.
The biggest change I made is toothpaste. I wanted to get a toothpaste that would really help to whiten my teeth as well as prevent cavities and fight any bad breath. After hours of research, I decided to use Crest 3D White toothpaste and have so far been happy with the results. I also use this blue light and gel whitening technology that I got for Christmas last year, and that has also been helpful in keeping my teeth from getting too stained. It’s not at the point where I would cut out coffee, but maybe if my teeth get bad that is something I would consider. Geez, why does everything that’s good have to have something about it that is also bad?
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