Teeth Whitening Methods Review. Part 1
Teeth whitening in the dental office and home has changed drastically in the past ten years. Basically, there are two ways to make your teeth whiter: dental (in-office) whitening and in-home treatments. Learn some secrets about teeth whitening that you will not hear from your dentist!
PROFESSIONAL TEETH WHITENING IN YOUR DENTIST’S OFFICE
Dentists are VERY happy about the patient who would like to have a teeth whitening procedure done in their office. In the early 1990’s, only one option was available for teeth whitening.
Your dentist would make impressions of your teeth and ship them to a lab, and within 5-10 days, the lab would send back your custom fitted teeth whitening mouthpiece. Next you would be required to sit in the dentist’s chair for an hour or two with a plastic mold full of mild peroxide solution held to your teeth and gums.
After you had gone to the dentist three or four times, you would be told that your teeth had been whitened, and this would usually be the case. Then you would get a five hundred to one thousand dollar bill to pay, and you would go home. And, of course, your teeth were whiter.
Over the past 10 years, a lot of improvements have been made in dental office teeth whitening. The most popular dental teeth whitening procedure is Laser Bleaching, also called Argon Bleaching or power bleaching, and it takes less time. During this teeth whitening procedure, you will have concentrated peroxide gel applied to your teeth. Next, you will sit in your dentist’s chair with your mouth hanging open for an hour. During this time, the teeth whitening paste will have an argon light shone upon it. This will cause a chemical reaction with the peroxide, and the teeth whitening process will be completed.
This is an effective method of teeth whitening. Dentists say that you get whiter teeth from more than one tray application, but that’s because the teeth whitening peroxide has longer contact with your teeth. Of course, the negative aspect of that is that it is expensive – $400 to $900. This is the least you would pay for a proper teeth whitening procedure. Then, you would still have to return in six months to have your teeth whitened again. The alternative to the return visit would be to purchase some whitening items to use at home. Why would you spend 400 to 900 dollars for in office teeth whitening then?
Luckily, technological advances have made teeth whitening simpler and easier to afford.
..to be continued..