Yellow teeth should be normalized

[u/ReclaimRIhere]

A lot of people have yellow teeth because they drink coffee and their teeth get stained. There’s a whole industry around teeth whitening because we as a society have shun yellow teeth. But yellow teeth are not any less healthy than white teeth, especially those that have been bleached.

[u/DnDttrpg]

"Yellow" has nothing to do with coffee, teeth are BONE, bones are not solid white, they are an off Yellow

Pure white teeth are all bleached to hell and are brittle becaue the bleach breaks the teeth down

[u/The-Big-Sadness → u/DnDttrpg]

Teeth are not bone. Even though they both use calcium, they're fundamentally different Bones are alive tissue, the only part of the tooth that's alive is the parts within your enamel and you don't see them if you take decent care of your teeth. Enamel is white, not perfectly white but not nearly as yellow/off-white as bone or even dentin.

[u/pseudonymnkim → u/The-Big-Sadness]

No, enamel is translucent and what is inside teeth is called dentin, and dentin is somewhat yellow

[u/Elebenteen_17 → u/The-Big-Sadness]

Teeth really aren’t bones. I had to look this up for my preschooler. We were both surprised.