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There are several ways to make your teeth whiter: Bonding, Porcelain Veneers (Laminates), Porcelain Crowns (Caps) and Bleaching (Whitening). Bleaching involves changing the color of the teeth without changing their physical structure.
There are two ways patients can choose to bleach their teeth: home or office bleaching. Home bleaching involves the fabrication of plastic mouthpieces that look like protective sport mouth guards. The patient must wear these mouthpieces with hydrogen peroxide based bleach for two to four hours a day for four to eight weeks.
Office bleaching is much simpler for patients though a little more expensive There are no shots or drilling. Patients will commonly relax to music during the procedure. Significant colour changes are usually apparent after the first visit.
Office bleaching is preferable to home bleaching because of the fast results and patient convenience
We've been bleaching a lot of teeth for a long time and have found office bleaching to be both safe and effective.
Only natural tooth structure responds to bleaching. Bonding and porcelain will NOT bleach. Patients need to consider this before bleaching because significantly whiter teeth may cause your old porcelain and/or bonding to look fairly yellow.
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