Within the last 10 years the field of teeth whitening, both in the dental office and at home, has changed immensely. Essentially, there are two different methods to get whiter teeth: dental (in-office) whitening, and an at home treatment. Discover a few secrets about teeth whitening that your dentist hopes I’ll never tell you!

METHOD #1: DENTAL (IN-OFFICE) TEETH WHITENING

I can tell you from first-hand experience, dentists LOVE the patient who wants to have a teeth whitening procedure in the dental office. Back in the early ’90′s there was only one option available.

Your dentist would make molds of your teeth, send them off to a lab, and in 5-10 days receive back your custom fitted teeth whitening mouthpiece. Then you would sit in the dental chair for 1-2 hours, with these plastic teeth whitening molds filled with peroxide (at a very low concentration) pressed against your teeth and gums.

After 3-4 visits, your teeth would be officially declared whiter (and usually they were), and you would be sent home with a nice $500 – $1,000 bill to pay. And with whiter teeth of course.

I’ll be the first to admit, dental office teeth whitening has come a long way in the past 10 years. Now the most popular teeth whitening dental office procedure known as Lazer Bleaching (or Power Bleaching, Argon Bleaching, etc.) is a shorter process. Basically this teeth whitening procedure consists of the application of a concentrated peroxide gel onto your Continue Reading

In short, teeth whitening is method of whitening the discolored teeth. But one should remember that the level of whitening is not same in all the cases. The level of teeth-whitening completely depends on the present condition of the discolored teeth. If the teeth are severely discolored due to the nicotine or the carbonated beverages, then there are no chances of any miraculous result. It should be remembered that the whitening density would not be same among all the teeth. Obviously, the level of density will greatest in the front teeth of the mouth. Among with all of the mentioned advantages, this method of teeth whitening has a disadvantage too. To the common people the cost of teeth whitening is pretty much high.

After the Zoom teeth whitening gel covers the teeth uniformly, the tooth whitening specialist will shine a special bright light on it for about one hour. The special properties of the Zoom teeth whitening gel and the energy produced by the lamp produce chemical reactions that lead to tooth whitening. Although waiting for an hour in the tooth whitening specialist chair for the gel and light waves to take effect might sound boring, it is one of the best tooth whitening methods available today.

The introduction of Zoom whitening handed teeth whitening professionals the first real major advance in the area of teeth whitening. Using Zoom whitening, a patient could have his or her teeth whitened in just over an hour. Of Continue Reading