Teeth Whitening Options

By Taylor Hawk

No matter how well you care for your teeth and how much you might look after them, they will eventually not look as white as they once did. For those that haven't visited a dentist regularly and have teeth that are in poor condition will not have an easy time whitening their teeth. While teeth whitening is good for your teeth it also makes them look much better.

You have many teeth whitening options, but the main three are making use of teeth whitening strips or toothpastes, bleaching by a dentist, or in-home bleaching. Using the whitening strips or toothpaste is the most cost effective and hassle-free option there is available to you. All you do in this case is brush your teeth with the toothpaste or apply the strips. Some of the top brands of toothpaste on the market today are the Colgate Simply White and Starbrite, where as the best strips are the Crest Whitestrips.

These toothpastes and strips shouldn't be used for seriously damaged and yellow teeth, but rather only if you have minor yellowing and your teeth are still in good condition. Then there is another product called GoSmile that is slightly more expensive than the others, but does a wonderful job.

Another one of the teeth whitening options you have is the bleaching by a dentist. This process is generally one that consists of two steps. Bare in mind that each session will take approximately two hours, so you can add up the costs and the amount the bill will most likely come to. The advantage here though is that the dentist will do a superb job, better than any toothpaste or strips will do, and the results will be long-lasting and beautiful.

The bleaching by a dentist option is for those who have really bad teeth that have suffered years of neglect, for those who have the money and want an excellent job done on their teeth where they will never have to go back for touch ups. A dentist will do a great job the first time round and will leave no room for error.



Another of the teeth whitening options is the in home bleaching method. This is done when your purchase your own bleaching products. Many of these products can be purchased over the counter. The process requires the application of gel to the tooth and allowing it to set for a few seconds undisturbed before carrying on as usual.

Tooth whitening is a very straight forward and simple process with the only disadvantage being that you have to do it every day for a specific number of days. This will depend on the product you choose since they are not all the same when it comes to how long you use it and how much you use.

These are just a few of the teeth whitening options that are available to you.

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