Back in the early '90's, there was only one option-
Professional teeth whitening done at the dentist!
Your dentist would make 'molds' of your teeth, send them
off to a lab, and in 5-10 days receive back your custom
fitted mouthpiece.
Then you would sit in
the dental chair for 1-2 hours, with these plastic molds
filled with peroxide (at a very low concentration)
pressed against your teeth and gums.
After 3-4 professional teeth whitening visits, your
teeth would be officially declared whiter (and usually
they were)....
..... and you would be
sent home with a nice, fat $500 - $1,000 bill to pay.
Now, I'll be the first to admit, professional dental
office teeth whitening has come a long way in the past
10 years.
The most popular
professional teeth whitening procedure is known as Laser
Bleaching (or Power Bleaching, Argon Bleaching, etc.)
which basically consists of the application of a
concentrated peroxide gel spread onto your teeth, and
for the next hour you sit in a dental chair with your
mouth wide open, while a special light (usually argon)
is shined onto the paste which chemically reacts with
the peroxide to complete the bleaching process in as
short a time period as possible.
This procedure does work (although many dentists say
that you get a whiter smile by repeated tray
applications because the peroxide stays in contact with
your teeth for longer periods of time), however the
downside is that you still get stuck with that fat $500
- $1,000 bill (at least for the good dental whitening!).
And you STILL need to
either come back 6 months later for another professional
teeh whitening procedure (they call it - a touch up!),
or you're given some take home bleaching items
The question becomes:
Then, why did you spend $500-$1000 dollars for the
in-office procedure when you could have done
at-home teeth whitening in the first place!
Fortunately today, (as
with most other things in life), technology stepped in
to make teeth whitening easier and more affordable!
Get this dentist recommended teeth whitener kit and
start saving big on professional teeth whitening!
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Warmest Regards,
-Harold Katz, DDS
