Can you wash off a black tooth?

Teeth black with tobacco stains, calculus, pigmentation can be washed off, if black caries can not be washed off.
Teeth with black on the consideration of two cases, one case is that there are tobacco stains, pigmentation, dental calculus, it is possible to clean off through ultrasonic cleaning. The other case is caries, which can not be washed away as it needs to be abraded with a high-speed handpiece when caries appears.
1. When there are tobacco stains, pigmentation and calculus on teeth, you can use ultrasonic cleaning to remove calculus, and then sandblasting and polishing can remove tobacco stains and pigmentation. It is better not to eat food with heavy pigmentation, such as coffee, chocolate, cola, etc. after the cleaning.
2. When caries occurs, there will also be black material on the surface of the teeth, but it can’t be washed away with scaling, and after it is abraded by high-speed handpieces, healthy enamel and dentin can be exposed.
Always maintain intraoral hygiene, brushing and rinsing after meals can not only reduce the production of dental calculus and pigmentation, but also prevent the occurrence of dental caries.