COSMETIC DENTISTRY
A whiter smile, professionally done.
ADA-recommended teeth whitening from Wellington's premier cosmetic dental practice. In-office, take-home, or both.
WHAT IS TEETH WHITENING?
Dental bleaching restores natural color. Bleaching brightens beyond your natural shade.
There are many methods available: brushing, bleaching strips, bleaching pens, bleaching gel, and laser bleaching. Some are mild touch-ups, some are dramatic transformations. We help you pick the right one for your enamel, your sensitivity, and your goal.
DETAILS
What you should know.
Recommended methods
The ADA recommends having your teeth checked by a dentist before any whitening method. We examine you thoroughly: a health and dental history, hard and soft tissues, placement and conditions of restorations, and sometimes x-rays.
Risks and rebound
A study by Kugel et al. showed that nearly half the initial change in color from an intensive in-office treatment can be lost in seven days. Rebound happens when a large proportion of the whitening has come from tooth dehydration. We plan around it, not against it.
Whitening agents explained
Various chemical and physical agents can whiten teeth. Toothpaste typically uses small particles of silica, aluminum oxide, calcium carbonate, or calcium phosphate. Bleaching solutions contain peroxide, which bleaches the enamel. Off-the-shelf products typically rely on carbamide peroxide from 10% to 44%.