How long before dental bonding should I have my teeth whitened?
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i agree with 1st answer...  2 weeks or a bit longer is a good time to stop bleaching.  make sure however that you get your teeth as white as you'll ever want them because once bonding is completed and matched, you are stuck at that shade.  in order to change shades again, you'd have to redo all of the bonding which is risky and expensive.
595193
Once every 6 months is recommended.  There might be cavities forming, but they're too small to be seen.  Just because your teeth line up correctly and have great color doesn't mean that there aren't small holes that are tough to detect.  It's better than letting it get too far and having to get the whole tooth removed because it's beyond repair.
495755
Bleaching and Zoom work great!  Capping if your teeth are really messed up.  Cheapest is getting trays and bleach from your dentist.  My teeth were orange and are now so white everyone asks what I do! I did bleaching and Zoom.  Zoom took 1 hour and made my teeth sensitive but worked really well.  A lot of dentists offer free Zoom to move to their practice.  If not, you can find it for a few hundred bucks.  Bleaching took about two weeks to see a huge difference but it has lasted for over 6 months now and I only did one touch-up since.  Zoom lasts for years and years depending on coffee, wine and tomato sauce consumption.
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Bleaching ...I hade my teeth bleached  and they look ok,,,and then take great care to keep them that way..\n\nTooth bleaching, also known as tooth whitening, is a common procedure in general dentistry but most especially in the field of cosmetic dentistry. Many people consider white teeth to be an attractive feature of a smile. A child's deciduous teeth (milk teeth) are generally whiter than the adult teeth that follow. As a person ages the adult teeth often increase in value, that is to say they become darker. This darkening is due to changes in the mineral structure of the tooth, as the enamel becomes less porous. Teeth can also become stained by bacterial pigments, foodstuffs and tobacco.\n\nAs white teeth are subconsciously associated with youth, they have become desirable. This has been made more apparent with the spread of American culture worldwide, where an especially white smile is coined, a "Hollywood smile". The procedure to bleach teeth uses oxidising agents such as hydrogen peroxide to lighten the shade of the tooth. The oxidising agent penetrates the porosities in the rod-like crystal structure of enamel and oxidises interprismatic stain deposits, over a period of time, the dentine layer, lying underneath the enamel, is also bleached.\n\nThere are two main methods of bleaching. The first involves applying a high concentration of oxidising agent for a short period of time (the so called office bleach). This produces quick results but risks chemical burns to the soft tissues. Therefore most in-office bleaching procedures utilize a light-cured protective layer that is carefully painted on the gums and papilla (the tips of the gums between the teeth). The bleaching agent used here is either carbamide peroxide, which breaks down in the mouth to form hydrogen peroxide, or hydrogen peroxide itself. The bleaching gel typically contains up to 35% hydrogen peroxide equivalent.\n\nThe alternative method involves using a thin mouthguard or strip to hold a low concentration of oxidising agent next to the teeth for as long as several hours a day for a period of 5 to 14 days. This is known as take-home or OTC (over-the-counter) bleaching. This is a slower process but has lower risks to the soft tissues. The bleaching agent is typically less than 10% hydrogen peroxide equivalent
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Brush\n\n\nThat is about it.  The old wives tales about lemon juice and salt will just damage your teeth, and the one about peroxide is not completely true either, as I have soaked an extracted tooth in that to remove the blood and tissue and it took soaking it for about 24 hours for the tooth to get white. So unless you plan on holding peroxide in your mouth for 24 hours, which I don't recommend, that isn't going to work well to whiten.\n\nCrest whitestrips are not that expensive and they do work.  Don't try those old wives tales.
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try brushing ur teeth for the apporpiate 2 minutes that u r supposed to 3 times a day..get the good tooth paste that is whitening..use crest mouth wash twice a day or listerine..and chew trident gum cuz it cleans ur teeth..it cleans ur mouth after u eat something....also u can go to the dentist and get ur teeth cleaned or if u wannna go extreme get the lazered (lazer cleaned) white..just some suggestionz
274319
well do u brush your teeth the right way? if not, use a soft toothbrush and put the brush on the top of your gums and brush down and do the same for the bottom but instead brush up. try using crest whitening tooth paste, & crest whitestrips for 2 weeks. DON'T SMOKE,DRINK TEA,COFFEE OR ANYTHING THAT WILL STAIN YOUR TEETH. and just keep up the good oral habits good luck :) u dnt want to use the strips for 2 months they make your teeth sensitive!
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If you are wanting a low cost way of whitening your teeth try this 2-3 times a week....\n1st- brush your teeth with salt. moisten your toothbrush and put salt in your hand and dab your toothbrush into it. brush your teeth very well.\n2nd- get rid of any excess fluid in your mouth, but don't spit out the salt.\n3rd- gargle with hydrogen peroxide for about 1-2 min.\nLastly- after rinsing your toothbrush well, brush your teeth with regular toothpaste.\n\nA dentist gave me this tip and it really works!
639977
go and get a cleaning and a whitening done at your dentist
1015630
The best way is to use a combination of techniques.  Crest Preminum Plus whitening strips work good, but can cause sensitivity.  Dentists use hydrogen peroxide gel to bleach teeth.  Toothpastes with hydrogen peroxide will aid in making your teeth shine.  My recommendation is to use Arm & Hammer whitening toothpaste, Listerine whitening mouthwash with Crest Premium Plus strips during the day and Crest Night Effects at night to make your teeth shine their best.
344118
I work for a dentist the best thing to do is just keep your teeth brushed good. If you use any thing to make them white you will have two diffrent shades when you have the braces removed.
394700
tet stain will only slightly lighten with even the best professional whiteners. you need to have something done like crowns or veneers. keep in mind veneers are thin and if your stain is on the more severe end of the spectrum it could still show through. I would recommend a Porcelain Fused to Noble Metal Crown be placed on at least your front six teeth. Maybe even 8 depending on how wide your smile is. This looks beautiful, but keep in mind it is a large investment and you must keep up with regular dental cleanings to maintain this type of dental work. Good Luck.
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I used it about 4 months ago and to be honest, at first my teeth did not appear to be whiter, but I think it was like a day or two later, my teeth actually started looking whiter. Not shockingly white but I could tell they were whiter.  I would recommend it.
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Crest has this whitening strip that you put on every night for 10 minutes.  I used it a couple of years ago, and it was noticeable.  Costco has a good deal on them.
690342
i agree with the dentist here. you may as well save yourself the trouble of using them in the first place. i myself have used the tray system with my dentist and it wasnt all that costly. probably the most cost effective way to get your teeth whitened with very good results. and yes no whitening technique works on any restorations (crowns, bridges, fillings etc). best thing to do is whiten then replace your restorations to match the color of your teeth after whitening. good luck
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No whitening is permanent but you can help it in lasting longer.  Stay away from smoking, dark colored drinks such as colas, coffee and even tea.  If you nust drink those things use a straw to get it away from the front of your teeth.  The whitestrips are the same as the whitening you will recieve in the dental chair just without the ultra violet light this is why they take longer to do.  Use a whitening tooth paste to follow up each night because all foods can stain if you dont brush properly.
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This happened to me a few times before I realized something. Don't brush your teeth anywhere near the time when you want to use the white strips--I'm talking many hours. If I brushed my teeth in the morming and used whitestrips in the late afternoon, I was fine. Otherwise it burned!