Whitening
Laser Whitening
“A beautiful smile opens doors and is a prerequisite for success,” this phrase could not be better applied today. The Laser Whitening is the most popular and accepted method for teeth whitening. It already transformed thousands of smiles, including patients with extremely stained, yellow and gray teeth. It’s more than just clean, polish and whiten your teeth, using our state of the art laser, we are able to eliminate molecules below the surface that cause tooth staining.
Laser whitening is a very quick procedure. For registration and later comparison we remove the original color of the tooth to be cleared, and then we protect the gums and apply the gel. The laser activates the whitening gel in contact with the tooth surface, and 30-45 minutes of consultation you can now walk with a beautiful white smile.
Advantages:
– A few appointments to achieve the end result.
– Lasting results.
– Painless.
– Cost Benefit Analysis.
– Safe.
Disadvantages:
– May cause temporary sensitivity.
– Depending on the level of staining may not be the expected result.
– You may need to mix with the home whitening.
Home Whitening
It consists of a whitening method where the patient, under professional guidance, will apply the gel, given by the dentist, daily. The gel will be set on a silicone mold made ??exclusively from the patient’s mouth for three weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions
The tooth surface is porous and full of small channels known as dentinal tubules. Dyes present in food and beverages permeate these channels staining and yellowing the teeth. There are other forms of dental staining, such as after root canal treatment. But it generally occurs by impregnating dyes.
There are basically two types of whitening: laser and home whitening, but it is common to use a combination of both to achieve better results.
The basic treatment with laser whitening is made of three sessions of 30-45 min. of consultation, but extra sessions can be made for better results. The home whitening treatment lasts 3 weeks, using the whitening gel on a silicone mold every day.
Sometimes the patient has transient sensitivity during treatment or between sessions, but this is rapidly reversible upon discontinuation of the product.
The side effect evident in some cases is the sensitivity between sessions, but if there is sensitivity it can be controlled by desensitizing gels and analgesic.
It depends on each patient’s case, the degree of darkening, their habits and how much you want to clarify. There may be needed extra sessions in 1 or 2 years after initial treatment to maintain results.
Yes, it is safe. The products are strictly controlled and backed by research, with no risk to health in general. The whitening is monitored all the time by a specialist.
No. The dental whitening only works on tooth enamel. After finishing the treatment, restorations and prostheses should be changed so that they are in the tone obtained by whitening.
The whitening varies with each patient’s personal characteristics such as age, tooth shade, how blacken is the teeth, among others. As a precaution, you should avoid treatment in pregnant women, nursing mothers and patients with periodontal disease.
