Total Teeth

Many people think that once they sit in the dentists chair and get that blast of laser or blue light and peroxide, their teeth will be white and bright forever. The reality is a little bit different. The color stability depends on how well you clean your teeth. It even depends on whether you give up certain drinks like coffee (How dare they mention it) and red wine (definitely not a romantic notion.

Alternately, you could drink them through a straw, which in the case of coffee and red wine could look a little silly. In addition, del mar teeth bleaching smoking can be a real problem if you want to keep your teeth white. Of course, thats a habit you should quit anyway. If you need a touch up, on the other hand, that should be a lot easier to get the teeth whitened. You may have to do it every six months. You may even have to redo part or all of your crowns, bridges, veneers, bonding and fillings. You may end up with light teeth and darker dental work. Also, if you require any dental work, consider whitening before you begin treatment and having the dentist match your new dental work to your newly whitened teeth.

Is it true that you can only get your teeth really white by going to the dentist? Not at all, in fact there is a lot of evidence that you can get the same teeth whitening results by using home whitening kits, it just takes more time and effort. In other words, you can get the same result in one hour, 3 days, one week or 30 days, depending on what system you are using and how well you can tolerate it. One magazine, Compendium in a survey of graduates of different types of teeth whitening methods showed virtually no difference in whitening effects of patients who went to the dentists office and those who had gone through a full course of treatment using peroxide, at home. The main difference is due to safety concerns, over the counter teeth whitening kits have a maximum of 6% hydrogen peroxide in them. Dentists can sell you home care systems that they supervise that go up to 15% peroxide, and can use carbamide peroxide, favored by dentists. The concern is not to have you inadvertently burn some of your gums or other soft tissues up.