As folks age their teeth continuously get more tarnished. This is especially prevalent if they drink a lot of red wine or coffee or consume any foods and drinks with a lot of coloring in them. This is also an issue for smokers who can experience yellowing of the teeth and potential tooth rot.
Therefore, tooth whitening is fast turning into a very popular and lucrative invention, with close to $1.5 bn. spent on tooth whitening services and goods annually. There are an increasing number of over the counter tooth whitening products available to buy and dentists perform teeth whitening procedures as an element of their treatment.
Put simply teeth whitening is a way of lightening the natural colour of your teeth using bleaching methods. Teeth whitening carried out by a dentist is sometimes known as pro teeth whitening. During the procedure , there are 2 types of bleaching techniques used, internal bleaching and external bleaching.
Internal bleaching is the least common of the two and often involves putting the bleaching product within someone's tooth. This can only be done if the individual has had a root canal. The bleach will be put within the tooth thru the hole used for the root canal and then the tooth is sealed up with a short lived filling. Anybody looking for internal bleaching will have to return to their dentist a week after the treatment. Here the brief filling will be removed and the bleach taken out. The dentist will then fill the hole with a tooth coloured filling.
External bleaching is the most common kind carried out by dentists and can be performed on any person. The method of external teeth bleaching is similar to that of using over-the-counter products for teeth whitening. The dentist makes the patient a gum guard for their mouth, which fits perfectly around their teeth, thus guaranteeing the gel holds in place better. Once this is done, the patient is sent home and given the mouth guard and tubes of bleaching gel. The gel must be put onto or into the guard and the guard must be worn for regular times of around 30 minutes for a length of 2 to 4 weeks.
Except for the mouth guard sort of bleaching, there's also the option of power and laser bleaching, which dentists also perform. Through this method, a rubber seal is placed over the teeth to give protection to the gums and then the gel is placed onto the teeth. After this is done, an intense light is employed in order to speed up the whitening process.
This is the fastest strategy of teeth whitening and it typically takes around an hour. Prices may vary and patients will need to consult their dentists for quotes and details.
As with all treatment there can be risks and complications connected with teeth whitening, however these will alter depending upon the person and the sort of teeth they have and so folk should consult their dentists to find out the sorts of hazards that they personally could be up against.
Lionel Piedmont would like to thank Dr. George Green of Union Dental of Coral Springs for his advice on this cosmetic dental subject which was employed in writing this article.
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