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Teeth whitening is a dental procedure that can be performed using various techniques. It allows you to lighten the enamel by several tones, while this effect lasts up to several years. In order to whiten their teeth, some people also use home remedies based on drugstore products. Are they effective?
How to whiten your teeth – treatments
Teeth whitening is a procedure chosen for aesthetic reasons. It is performed in dental offices using various techniques and usually involves a considerable expense. Specialized teeth whitening methods are effective, but the effect depends on many factors. Not every person will achieve the perfect result with the natural color of the bone.
Treatments to obtain white teeth include:
- tartar removal – this is not strictly a method of whitening, but it improves the appearance of the teeth, especially in the case of strongly accumulated deposits of mineralized plaque. Full removal of tartar is based on scaling, sandblasting and varnishing of teeth.
- tooth whitening overlay method – pads with whitening gel thanks to a special impression are individually adjusted to the teeth of the person who will wear them. The overlays are usually used for several weeks.
- lamp – a quick and costly way to get white teeth. A one-time treatment is painless, takes just over an hour and gives an immediate effect. Lamp whitening technology allows you to adjust the degree of lightening depending on the condition of the teeth and their natural color.
- Walking Bleaching – this technique of gradual internal whitening of teeth uses sodium perborate and allows you to get rid of the discoloration of dead teeth.
- thermocatalytic whitening (Power Bleaching) – intensive whitening of dead teeth with the use of heat.
- veneers for dead teeth – veneers, or overlays on teeth, are used for dead teeth that are not susceptible to most whitening methods. There are composite veneers and porcelain veneers.
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Some whitening treatments – overlays and lamp whitening – are associated with the need to switch to a white diet. It protects against discoloration of the teeth, which are more susceptible for some time after the procedure. After nearly a month, you can return to normal nutrition, and the effect of the treatment will last for up to three years. Its durability largely depends on limiting the factors that cause tooth discoloration.
How to whiten your teeth – home remedies
The substances used to whiten the teeth are urea peroxide, hydrogen peroxide and sodium perborate. Usually we will not find them in drugstore preparations. This means that home teeth whitening methods are not as effective as specialist treatments. In addition, they require regular use to achieve a noticeable effect. Although they will not change the color of the enamel, they may be sufficient if we want to get rid of surface discoloration.
Products that you can reach to try to whiten or at least lighten your teeth at home are: whitening pastes (eg Perlax whitening non-abrasive toothpaste), mouthwashes, dental floss, whitening strips. Apart from ready-made whitening products there are typical home whitening methods. They consist of brushing your teeth with baking soda, turmeric or activated charcoal. Popular, although requiring practice for up to several months, is the daily rinsing of the mouth with coconut, sunflower, rapeseed or linseed oil.
Teeth whitening is also influenced by the use of appropriate brushes, eg Vitammy Pearl + sonic toothbrush with whitening function, which you can buy at Medonet Market at an attractive price. You will also find other sonic toothbrushes at Medonet Market. Check the offer.
It is worth remembering that teeth whitening is completely safe only when performed at the dentist’s.
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