Teeth Bleaching Help

Teeth whitening is so popular these days that you can buy a plethora of whitening products at every drug store and supermarket. But how well do they work?

Whitening toothpastes contain abrasive ingredients that do scrape off staining pigments, but also scrape of your tooth enamel. Eventually they will make your teeth look more yellow because the yellow dentin layer will be showing through the thinning enamel. Whitening kits contain weaker whitening gel than a cosmetic dentist can offer you. They also contain generic trays, one-size-fits-all. You no doubt know that your teeth are not the same sizes and shapes as everyone else’s teeth, and those trays will not fit snugly. That will give you uneven results if they give any results at all. Whitening strips can be moderately successful, depending on how stained your teeth are, but cannot give the impressive results that a customized professional procedure will give you.

In-Office Tooth Whitening: Fast and Effective

A Zoom! Tooth Whitening procedure takes a little over an hour and you will walk out of that dental office with a dramatically brighter smile. The bleaching agent in this gel is hydrogen peroxide at professional strength.

When you are comfortable and ready, your lips and mouth tissue will be protected. Then the gel is applied to your teeth and a special light will be directed towards it to speed up its action.

The hydrogen peroxide enables oxygen to penetrate the tooth enamel The oxygen loosens old staining pigments embedded in your teeth The stains are released, leaving your tooth enamel bright and white, with just the natural subtle variations of shade

The tooth whitening is done in three periods of 15-20 minutes each. If you start to feel any sensitivity, just let your cosmetic dentist know and the procedure will be halted. A desensitizing gel will be applied to your teeth. You can continue when you are ready. Most people do not have any problem with sensitivity.

At the end of that hour, your cosmetic dentist will check your teeth and make sure you are comfortable and pleased with the results.

Deep Bleaching for Deep Stains

Sometimes a person has extra deep stains that cannot be removed even by a Zoom! Teeth Whitening procedure. Most often these are stains that formed during childhood as the teeth were developing. A Deep Bleaching procedure can remove them. This is done in three steps:

Using custom-made trays, your cosmetic dentist will apply hydrogen peroxide to increase the enamel’s ability to absorb oxygen. A seal is also applied to de-sensitize the teeth. For two weeks you use the trays at night with a different bleaching agent: carbamide peroxide. You will see a big difference after a week and even more after two weeks. Your cosmetic dentist will again apply hydrogen peroxide for an hour during an in-office visit. This will brighten your teeth even more.

Deep Bleaching is the most effective whitening treatment there is, removing even the dark stains caused by tetracycline given during childhood. If you have lived for years with this type of staining on your teeth, you will be astounded at the dramatic results after Deep Bleaching.