Keeping our teeth their whitest is a lot harder than it sounds. With all the coffee, wine, smoking and other foods that have the ability to stain our teeth on a daily basis, even proper maintenance sometimes leaves them a little lackluster. Teeth whitening is a way to restore the natural color of your teeth or even make them whiter than your natural color if you would like.
To accomplish the whitening of your teeth, we utilize a stronger bleach solution to be used as a chairside whitening procedure. A whitening gel is applied only after carefully isolating the gums by painting a barrier that stays on your gums throughout the duration of the whitening procedure. A low intensity light shines onto the teeth. Some patients prefer this method of bleaching for convenience, as it only takes a couple of hours, and we do all the work (instead of the take home version that requires 45 minutes each day for 2-3 weeks). Although this may be more convenient, this is a more expensive procedure, and the result may not be as bright as if it the bleaching was done with the take home version.
