Whether you care for your teeth or not, there’s a good chance they’ll darken over time. It’s pretty easy for these parts of your smile to stain – from meals, genetics, accidents, and other factors. The good news is that our practice can help make your grin bright again! Here at Davis, Boeller, & Rife Dental, we offer top-of-the-line teeth whitening in Englewood. Learn more about it (and its features) by reading below, or visit us for a consultation.
As long as you have good oral health, you should qualify for teeth whitening; the treatment has few requirements for you to meet. Still, it’s a fact that this procedure benefits some people more than others. You’ll want to monitor certain qualities to see if you’re an ideal candidate.
In particular, the best candidates for teeth whitening have extrinsic tooth stains. These markings occur when foods, drinks, and other debris discolor your enamel, turning it yellow or brown. For that reason, a whitening treatment can often remove them quickly and restore your confident smile. Meanwhile, it isn’t as helpful for intrinsic tooth stains; it can’t eliminate marks beneath the enamel.
When you arrive for treatment, our dentists will perform an initial oral exam. This step lets them check your smile for stains and see if whitening would help, allowing us to form a proper treatment plan. Based on the exam’s findings, we can then tell you whether whitening is a good choice.
If we feel you qualify for treatment, our team will suggest you try one of the following whitening treatments:
Our office’s “take-home” teeth whitening is a personal kit with clear trays and a bleaching solution. By wearing the kit’s gel-filled trays for a few hours every day, a patient can achieve a much brighter smile in just two weeks. It’s to the point that your grin should look six to eight shades whiter!
Per its name, in-office teeth whitening occurs at a visit to our office. It works by applying special bleaching to your teeth in multiple short bursts, usually over the course of an hour. That means it can provide dramatic results in just one appointment – a far shorter time than take-home whitening. As such, the in-office option for patients who need to quickly brighten their smiles for special events.
While teeth whitening results don’t last forever, you can take steps to keep them from fading early. Just use the following tips and tricks:
