Huddersfield Dental Implants and Cosmetics
Whitening
Tooth whitening is a successful and simple method of lightening the colour of your teeth.
Teeth yellow with age but drinking tea, coffee and soft drinks all speed up this process.
Smoking and other staining agents will also contribute to the darkening of the teeth. The whitening technique removes the staining agent that has penetrated deep within the tooth and is most effective on mildly discolored teeth.
However, darker teeth can also be successfully lightened in colour but the process may take a little longer. The degree of whiteness achieved will vary from patient to patient and with the type of bleaching process chosen.
Bleaching is one of the simplest forms of cosmetic dentistry.
It is so simple to do, it often needs only one visit, even for the home kit.
Having teeth to be proud of often makes us more confident about the way we look and feel.
This leaflet is produced by Huddersfield Dental Implants and Cosmetics. We have been treating many people with this tooth lightening technique very successfully. You will probably have already heard about bleaching teeth before, on the television or in magazines.
There are two main ways of bleaching your teeth. Firstly you can do the bleaching at home yourself using some specially made clear vinyl trays that we will make for you, these just fit over your teeth, and are worn for 15 minutes a day and results are noticed after about 3 days. They are very thin and discrete, and will allow most people to wear them when they want.
The second method of bleaching is in surgery bleaching and is done by the dentist. To get the best results we provide our patients with the home kit first and follow that by up to two 1/2 hour laser whitening sessions. This will get your teeth to the whitest they will naturally go without resorting to veneers or crowns.
There are two main ways of bleaching your teeth. Firstly you can do the bleaching at home yourself using some specially made clear vinyl trays that we will make for you, these just fit over your teeth, and are worn for 15 minutes a day and results are noticed after about 3 days. They are very thin and discrete, and will allow most people to wear them when they want.
The second method of bleaching is in surgery bleaching and is done by the dentist. To get the best results we provide our patients with the home kit first and follow that by up to two 1/2 hour laser whitening sessions. This will get your teeth to the whitest they will naturally go without resorting to veneers or crowns.
Only the bleaching agent supplied by the dentist must be used, on no account must any other type of bleach be used!
Although we can guarantee your teeth will lighten, we can't guarantee by how much. Some teeth bleach better than others. It is recommended that you do not use the kits whilst you are pregnant or breast-feeding.
Full instructions will be given in the surgery.
