Twelve guides to the five dimensions, the photo, the habits and the limits. Written to be useful whether or not you ever open the app.
ToothPal scores five visible-appearance dimensions from your photos. Here is exactly what each one reads, how the numbers are built, and the things a photo can never tell you.
5 min readDimension deep-diveWhitish, reddish, yellowish — the tongue is the fastest-moving visible signal in your mouth and almost nobody looks at it. Here is the reference scale ToothPal uses and what actually shifts it.
4 min readFeature guideSmile Age turns five scan dimensions plus a short questionnaire into an age-style number. Here's exactly how it's built, why an age reads better than a score, and the hard line on what it does not mean.
5 min readDimension deep-diveA plain guide to tooth shade — how shade scales work, what genuinely changes the colour of a tooth, what only changes the surface, and why brightness is the slowest dimension to move.
6 min readDimension deep-diveGum appearance is the most rewarding dimension to work on and the easiest to misread. What the gum line looks like in a photo, what shifts it in two weeks, and where the camera's limits are.
5 min readPracticalConsistency beats quality. The five-photo capture sequence, the lighting rules, the timing rules, and the mistakes that make two scans incomparable.
4 min readDimension deep-diveMost of what drives breath is visible if you look. A calm, non-alarmist guide to the visible contributors, the useful interventions, and the honest limits of what a photo can tell you.
5 min readPracticalStrips, pens, trays, toothpastes, purple products, in-office treatment and professional cleaning, compared on the only axis that matters: which kind of discolouration they act on.
7 min readPracticalA morning and night sequence that takes about three minutes total, ordered by what actually moves each dimension — and the honest note on which steps are optional.
4 min readPracticalThe gaps between your teeth are where gum appearance and cleanliness are won or lost. A practical comparison of floss, interdental brushes and picks, plus the technique details that matter.
4 min readThe basicsOne is soft, forms in hours and you can remove it yourself. The other is hardened, forms over days and you can't. Knowing which is which changes what you should do about it.
3 min readImportantToothPal tracks appearance between appointments. This is the honest guide to the signals that mean book now, the ones that mean mention it next time, and the line the app will never cross.
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