The White Diet
色物に注意
Now that it is summer and patients have come in to pick up their teeth whitening kits, I always make sure I go over some instructions with them. Remember to use toothpaste for sensitive teeth. If your teeth get too sensitive, try shortening the time you are using the trays or use them every other night. Be careful with cold drinks. Don’t use too much whitening gel or it will irritate your gums.
My patients always sit in the chair listening and nodding but there’s some words that make them pay extra attention.
“Go on The White Diet” I say.
What do I mean by The White Diet? During the whitening process, or actually, anytime, if a food or a drink can stain a white shirt, it CAN stain your teeth. During whitening, you should be extra careful. Choose foods and drinks that are lighter in color. Lettuce salad instead of seaweed salad; coconut dessert instead of cherry dessert; a white creamy sauce instead of curry sauce on your rice; green tea instead of black tea etc… I give those as examples.
With one young man, as I explain the The White Diet further, his eyes light up. “Oh! I get it! White wine instead of red wine!” he says.
“Yes! That’s right!” I smile.
“Lighter beer instead of dark beer!” He continues.
“Hmmm. I guess so”, I answered handing him the instructions.
A few months later, I saw him across the street in the evening after work. He had a young lady with him and they were walking hand in hand. I didn’t say anything because he was on a date and I didn’t want to disturb him but when he saw me, he waved excitedly to me pointing to the young lady. He shouted, “Dr. Lee! Thanks for the advice! I met her drinking white wine!” His girlfriend as well as the rest of the people on the street was staring at us with strange looks.
Wow! I never realized what an impact The White Diet had on the dating scene!
（次回は８月第２週号掲載）
〈Keyword〉
whitening：ホワイトニング（歯磨きや歯のクリーニングなどでは落としきれない歯の着色をきれいにし、歯を白くする方法）
（「WEEKLY Biz」2013年7月13日号掲載）
〈プロフィル〉Dr. Clara Lee ニューヨーク大学歯学部卒業。ニューヨーク大学ブルックデール病院でチーフレジデンス修了。13年以上に及ぶ臨床経験は一般歯科、コスメティック、インプラントを含む。インビザライン認定医。Waterside Dental Care院長として古山医師と共に、多くの日本人患者さんを治療。Dentistryをこよなく愛している。記事提供：Waterside dental Care（Tel：212-683-6260）
