What about the teeth?

Seeing this post about a contest over at WeddingBee, where all you’ve got to do to win is drop in and tell ‘em if you’re going to do anything to whiten your teeth for the big day (you have until 9p tonight - Sunday, 7/27, to enter), got me thinking about just that subject.

Given that we are all familiar with the magical things that our photographers can do (heck, you can do it right now - check out Picnik’s Teeth Whiten feature, for instance) to make our teeth look better, among other blemishes, it’s easy to say that we’ll just let things stay the way they are and clean ‘em up afterwards, but it’s not all about the pictures and video, you know. Of course, we all can’t be as hardcore as Patrick Bateman in “American Psycho” when it comes to personal care, but what kinds of smart things are there to do when it comes to brushing up on tooth care?

From what I’ve gathered, just by doing a little bit of digging, you’ve got options like Mentadent’s product set will replace your current toothpaste, and add some specific ingredients targeted at whitening, specifically. A more popular option, and one that I’ve tried myself with results I was happy with, is something like Crest Whitestrips, which you can currently get a $7 off coupon for, and takes about 5 minutes per day. Crest also offers a number of different information bits on their site, including newsletters and more.

Beyond those, there are options such as BriteSmile, along with whitening procedures your dentist would offer or recommend.

IMHO, this is one of those things that people probably push off until it’s really close to their nuptials, rather than figure out a way to work it into their day-to-day. As you’re surely aware, stuff costs more when you have less time to implement it, so the earlier you figure out what you want to do to brighten up your smile, the better. That goes for your wallet, too.