If you are to ask people their primary concern about their teeth, many will mention their colour. Discoloured and stained teeth are a common problem, but if you’ve ever looked into tooth whitening, you will find the choice is bewildering. There are numerous over-the-counter products and whitening kits online, and knowing where to start can be confusing.
If you are concerned about the colour of your teeth and would like to improve their appearance, we encourage you to visit us at West Bowmanville Family Dental before you go any further. Below are a few reasons why a professional whitening treatment is better than anything you can purchase in a store or online.
More Effective
Only dental professionals are trained to use professional strength whitening products. These are far stronger than anything you can purchase over the counter, providing better results more quickly.
Assessing Why Your Teeth Have Discoloured
A dental exam before your teeth whitening in Courtice determines why they have discoloured and if they will respond well to a tooth bleaching treatment. Not every stain can be treated with a teeth whitening procedure, for example, if the stain is internal. Teeth whitening will not affect the colour of restorations like crowns, bridges, veneers, dental bonding or white fillings.
Using Up-To-Date Technologies
Our dental office in Newcastle uses up-to-date whitening techniques developed by Zoom Whitening, a well-known system that provides excellent and reliable results. Our in-office Zoom whitening treatments use blue light to lift deep-seated stains, achieving long-lasting results.
Safer Treatments
Your teeth deserve the best dental care to help protect and preserve them, and it’s important to remember teeth whitening is a dental treatment. Therefore, it’s always best provided by a dentist. We must first examine your teeth and gums and ensure treatment is appropriate.
It’s vital to ensure your teeth don’t have any cavities or that you don’t have any signs of gum disease in Clarington. Trying to whiten an unhealthy mouth could cause unwanted side effects like discomfort, pain, or damage your teeth and gums.
Professional-grade whitening products also contain other ingredients like fluoride. These ingredients are designed to reduce the risk of tooth sensitivity and ensure treatment is more comfortable and completely safe.
A Choice of Treatments
When you have a professional tooth whitening treatment, you can whiten your teeth in our dental office or use custom whitening trays at home. Both provide professional-grade results, and it can depend on your preference.
Whitening in Office
A Zoom whitening treatment in our dental office is the fastest way to brighten your smile by several shades. Treatment can take as little as an hour, where you relax in the dental chair while we protect your lips and gums before coating your teeth with whitening gel. The gel is light-activated, so it penetrates tooth enamel more effectively. We may repeat the process several times during your treatment.
Whitening with a Custom Kit
A custom whitening kit has trays made to fit your teeth exactly, and we prescribe a whitening gel safe for home use. You are shown how to fill the trays and insert and remove them, and we will discuss how long to leave them in each day.
Some people like to wear them overnight. Others prefer to use them for only a short while each day. A custom kit can be a nice option if you have more sensitive teeth and where it is more comfortable to whiten slowly.
Expert Advice on Looking After Your Teeth Afterwards
Once you have whitened your teeth, we can provide expert advice on maintaining the results, including when you can top up your tooth whitening treatments safely.
