Teeth Bleaching: The Right Way to Whiten

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

·        Whitening toothpastes contain abrasiveingredients that do scrape off staining pigments, but also scrape of your toothenamel. Eventually they will make your teeth look more yellow because theyellow dentin layer will be showing through the thinning enamel.

·        Whitening kits contain weaker whitening gel thana 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 andshapes as everyone else’s teeth, and those trays will not fit snugly. That willgive 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 resultsthat a customized professional procedure will give you.

In-Office Tooth Whitening: Fastand Effective

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

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

·        The hydrogen peroxide enables oxygen topenetrate the tooth enamel

·        The oxygen loosens old staining pigmentsembedded in your teeth

·        The stains are released, leaving your toothenamel bright and white, with just the natural subtle variations of shade

The tooth whitening is done in three periods of 15-20minutes each. If you start to feel any sensitivity, just let your cosmeticdentist know and the procedure will be halted. A desensitizing gel will beapplied to your teeth. You can continue when you are ready. Most people do nothave any problem with sensitivity.

At the end of that hour, your cosmetic dentist will checkyour 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 beremoved even by a Zoom! Teeth Whitening procedure. Most often these are stainsthat formed during childhood as the teeth were developing. A Deep Bleaching procedurecan remove them. This is done in three steps:

1.    Usingcustom-made trays, your cosmetic dentist will apply hydrogen peroxide toincrease the enamel’s ability to absorb oxygen. A seal is also applied tode-sensitize the teeth.

2.    Fortwo 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 moreafter two weeks.

3.    Yourcosmetic dentist will again apply hydrogen peroxide for an hour during anin-office visit. This will brighten your teeth even more.

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