Teeth whitening - does herbal tea stain your teeth?

If it doesn't stain your cup, it won't stain your teeth!

Or buy some decaffeinated tea?

Which company are you getting them lasered with? I was supposed to be getting gel and trays, but the dentist cancelled on me as they changed the rules after I ordered. Boo! So am thinking of going down the laser route now.

Its a LA Smile therapist thats doing mine, there was an offer at christmas for it @ £50 (normally £200) so I paid it upfront there & then! Ive very sensitive teeth so Im predicting some pain, thats why Im gettin it done now & not nearer the wedding. If it doesnt work too well Ive still time to get those crest strips.

PS - I hatede caffinated tea! I can drink decaff coffee but not tea for some reason. But I want to limit my intake of anything that'll stain my teeth ie curries etc as well so the no caffine idea is just tying in with that. I feel like im wired up most days & find it really hard to concentrate & remember things! Stressful times...

My Hygenist told me that green tea really stains your teeth (only if you drink a lot tho)! My teeth get stained from normal tea!

When I had my teeth whitened I was told that until the dentene layer builds up (48 hours) I could eat nothing but white food. She was really strict on it and said only rice and potato with no butter, not even a hint of colour e.g. cucumber or white chocolate. Also I was told not to brush my teeth for 2 days to allow the layer to build up again.

Was a bit of a ball ache but I figured it was a small price to pay and wanted the best results after shelling out all that money. It would seem that they are not that strict now! It was a couple of years ago I had it done.

My OH had his done about 2 weeks before we flew out for the wedding. He was very naughty (and I was very cross, given that I was footing the bill!!) as he was smoking within a couple of hours of having it done and drinking tea etc - basically all the things you shouldn't be doing. I knew nothing about it until I got home late that night and dind't know of all the rules of what he could and couldn't eat/drink, until I found the bag from the dentist containing his course of whitening gels and the do's and don't's leaflet..............which he'd left in the middle of the living room floor, natch!?

Needless to say, it wasn't anywhere near as effective as it would have been had he actually done as he was told for once in his life!? (and his teeth were very discoloured due to a course of v strong anti-b's he was given in hospital as a child)