How to get white teeth: experts reveal which home treatments to avoid, the effectiveness of whitening strips and where to get the best professional results

There are many ways people believe you can whiten your teeth, from applying home remedies like baking soda and strawberry purée, to using whitening strips

We get expert advice to separate the effective treatments from the harmful ones and reveal where to go to get the best professional whitening results

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With so many teeth whitening methods out there, we enlist expert help to find the ones that work, and where to get the best professional results. Photo: Shutterstock

Published: 4:15am, 22 Mar 2023Updated: 5:51am, 22 Mar 2023

There are plenty of home remedies for whitening your teeth, such as baking soda, oil and citric acid; and countless teeth-whitening tips available online, like brushing your teeth with salt, lemon juice or baking soda, holding oil in your mouth to soak your teeth or rubbing your teeth with sage.

Alternatively, you can pick up whitening strips from many shops, or head to a cosmetics studio or dentist for professional treatment.

But which of these treatments are effective, and which ones can do more harm than good?

Christoph Benz, head of a German dental association, says that some treatments have limited effectiveness, but many are actually harmful.

Baking powder has a slight whitening effect but can also be harmful to teeth. Photo: Shutterstock

Baking powder, for example, does have a slight whitening effect, but if you take things too far it can corrode your tooth enamel, and that is not something that can grow back, he says.

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