The fact is that oral hygiene is not the only reason. Even after following a regular teeth brush and flossing regime you may not be able to get the 'original' white colour. Teeth whitening or bleaching of teeth is used to get back...
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The fact is that oral hygiene is not the only reason. Even after following a regular teeth brush and flossing regime you may not be able to get the 'original' white colour. Teeth whitening or bleaching of teeth is used to get back the God-given white colour, which has been stained over the years. Dental associations recommend dentist administered 10% carbamide peroxide tray-filled treatment. These are relatively safe and effective. In this method the dentist prepares a tray in accordance with the shape of our teeth. The trays are made separately for upper and lower jaw. These are referred to as arch. These are filled with 10% carbamide, the chemical used for bleaching. The tray covers the teeth but fall short of gums, as the chemical causes irritation if it touches the gum. The dentist would advise us on how much time should tray be kept on the teeth each day, depending on the present state of our teeth. He will call us after some days to see the result and for further advice, if necessary. Our teeth have to tolerate a lot. It is our eating and our smoking habits which change the colour from white to pale yellow. Accidental trauma to a tooth or teeth and root canal treatment also makes your tooth or teeth go off-colour. Professionals should never be selected solely on price basis. You need to balance various factors. As a patient your main concern would be the way the treatment is undertaken. This can be known by referring to your friends or relatives who have been treated by, if not for the same treatment, some other treatment. Their experiences will give you a fair idea about the conduct of the dentist. A telephone survey is another way of getting information about the fee charged by the dentists in your area. With regards to teeth whitening or bleaching, this information should be taken as an indication only, since the fee is decided on case to case basis. It is you on whom the question should be diverted to on whether you would be able to commit yourself to put on the bleaching tray long duration. The treatment is based on cause-effect, so to get the maximum effect; you need to follow the dentist instruction to the t. This tray-bleaching dentist-supervised home based system is effective in most cases. The dentist in this first appointment would examine the teeth Depending on the reason for staining, a dentist would advise you on whether Teeth Whitening will be fruitful proposition for you. Another concern is that people expect magic from the treatment. Yes, you will find major difference in the whiteness of the teeth but do not expect that you will get your teeth as white as shown by celebrities on TV and silver screen. The celebrities displaying their pearly whites are actually electronic touchups or some kind of paint, brushed on teeth to hide the stains. So you need to be realistic and should go according to the dentist's expectation. What Questions should you ask to the dentist?
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