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Keeping Your Teeth White Between Dental Visits

Taking care of your teeth might seem mundane, but without enough attention, those pearly whites of yours can easily turn tinged and stained. Sure, having your teeth cleaned every few months at your dentist's office is a great start to maintaining a beautiful smile, but it isn't enough to keep each tooth pearly white on an ongoing basis. Now, don't get me wrong – you don't have to spend an arm and a leg on professional maintenance in order to get the results you want. You can use a variety of methods at home, like creating your own whitening mouthwash, that can help to keep you teeth white between dentist visits. Hopefully, the tips and techniques offered on this blog is enough to get you the results that you're after.

Which Teeth Whitening Option Is Right For Me?

29 September 2016
 Categories: Dentist, Blog

There are a few ways that you can whiten your teeth today. Here are some of the common options, with a discussion about the pros and cons of each. 

Dental Office Teeth Whitening

The dental office teeth whitening treatment is one of the best options for improving your teeth's coloration. First of all, your dentist will have a lot of experience applying tooth whitening procedures, so they can get a very even coat on your teeth with the whitening solution. Your dentist will create custom trays that are designed to conform to your mouth, so that all of your teeth are thoroughly covered. The dentist is also licensed to administer a peroxide solution with a higher concentration than what you will find in any home product, so the process can go much more quickly. 

Dental teeth whitenings are perfect for patients who want to work efficiently with their whitening solutions. They aren't the best option for those who can't afford the cleanings and don't have insurance coverage. 

Kiosks for Teeth Whitening

Tooth whitening kiosks can be found in many malls and shopping centers. They often will apply a tooth whitening gel similar to what you can get over the counter. The main benefit of having the procedure done at a kiosk rather than doing it yourself is that the technician may have more experience with applying the solution. This means that you won't waste any of the solution, and you won't get an uneven coating that may occur with an amateur application. The main drawback is that you will be paying a lot more money for the same chemicals that you can get your hands on at your local pharmacist, without a prescription. 

At-Home Teeth Whitening Methods

Finally, there are a couple of popular at-home tooth whitening options. The first is teeth whitening strips that can be taped to your teeth and left to whiten them for about 30 minutes at a time. You may also find tooth whitening gel that you squeeze onto your own teeth; these may come with a pen tool that allows for convenient application. Some toothpastes are beginning to use whitening solution directly in the paste. Each of these tooth whitening methods gives you greater control over the timing of your tooth whitening; you can do it a little bit at a time, rather than needing to schedule an appointment or make it an outing. But, they are much more gradual that the other options above.