Scaling and polishing
For surface stain from tea, coffee, and smoking. It sits on the outside of the tooth, and cleaning removes it.
Family dentistryStained or yellow teeth
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Yellow or stained teeth are treated at Ooi Dental with cleaning, whitening or veneers, depending on where the colour comes from. A check-up tells us which, and you decide from there.
Why it matters
Surface stain from tea, coffee and smoking sits on the outside and cleaning removes it. Deeper yellowing is the tooth itself and needs whitening. Stains inside the tooth, old fillings that have darkened, or a single dark tooth after an injury do not respond to whitening and are covered rather than bleached.
Your options at Ooi Dental
Teeth whitening
For yellowing of the tooth itself. It lightens natural tooth only, so we check what is already in your mouth first: crowns, veneers and fillings keep the colour they were made in.
Aesthetic dentistryVeneers
For stains whitening cannot shift, or when the shape needs changing too. Composite veneers are built directly on the tooth; ceramic veneers are made in the laboratory and last longer.
Aesthetic dentistryWhat happens when you come in
Every case at Ooi Dental follows the same five steps: a consultation with a digital assessment, a conversation about what is bothering you and what you want, a personalised treatment plan, treatment carried out with modern technology, and ongoing maintenance afterwards.
If you are in pain today, emergencies are attended to immediately during opening hours. Walk-in patients are usually seen within 30 minutes. Ooi Dental does not publish treatment fees. You will be told the cost of your plan before anything starts, and you decide from there.
Common questions
Brushing removes plaque, not the colour of the tooth itself. Yellowing can be the natural shade of the tooth, thinning enamel with age, or stain that needs professional cleaning.
No. Whitening lightens natural tooth only, so crowns, veneers and fillings keep the colour they were made in. We check what is in your mouth before recommending it.
It depends on diet and habits: tea, coffee and smoking bring the stain back sooner. A top-up is straightforward when it does.
Ready when you are
Send us a message and tell us what is bothering you.