Teeth Whitening
Whiter, Brighter Smiles, Safely!
Teeth whitening is the process of removing stains and discoloration from teeth and improving their color through a bleaching process to make them look “whiter”.
At DDC, we offer a combination of immediate, in-surgery teeth whitening (Pola Instant Tooth Whitening) and professional take-home tooth-whitening kits with custom-made trays. Both procedures are based on a bleaching process that uses a peroxide-based compound of varying strength (3%-30% peroxide). The higher the concentration of peroxide in the compound, the more powerful the bleaching compound is. While this makes it more effective at whitening the teeth, it also has greater potential to cause damage to the surrounding gum tissue and your lips.
Safe Whitening, Beautiful Smiles
Protection during whitening It is very important that your dentist isolates your gums and lips with a protective material in order to avoid any potential damage or burning of your soft tissue. Home whitening kits usually have a low concentration of peroxide so that there is less chance of any damage occurring. Recently, high-strength home whitening kits purchased online and from certain stores have attracted media attention with horror stories of people with badly burnt lips and gums. It’s for this reason that teeth whitening is a procedure that should always be carried out under the supervision of a dentist.
Protection during whitening
Protection during whitening is crucial to ensure a safe and effective procedure. It is essential that your dentist carefully isolates your gums and lips using a protective material to prevent any potential damage or burning of the soft tissue. While home whitening kits typically contain a lower concentration of peroxide, reducing the risk of harm, recent media reports have highlighted the dangers of high-strength whitening products purchased online or in certain stores. These products have been linked to severe cases of burnt lips and gums. For this reason, teeth whitening should always be performed under the supervision of a qualified dentist to safeguard your oral health and achieve the best results.
There are no hard and fast rules for the commencement of treatment because everyone is an individual. However, most orthodontists would prefer to see a patient for the first time at eight or nine years of age to consider the possibilities of intercepting any problems, Commonly, children are treated once the permanent(adult) teeth have erupted or are due to erupt, if the problem is essentially overcrowding of the teeth. There are however advantages to treating problems related to habits of facial bone imbalances at an earlier time.