What is an effective tooth bleaching/whitening procedure from home besides baking soda?
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"The best home methods are baking soda or hydrogen peroxide. "\n\nBaking soda can really ruin your teeth over time because it's\nso gritty. \n\nHydrogen Peroxide is a 'bleach'. Many dentists and their assistants will recommend hydrogen peroxide to you.\n\nI have been told however that the problem with hydrogen peroxide is that it will turn your tongue brown. Your tongue has these little hairs on it. The hydrogen peroxide aids in their growth.\n\nIf you want a little furry rug on your tongue then go the hydrogen peroxide route. \n\nNeither method is a suitable replacement for brushing your teeth\nand flossing.\n\n" eating fresh crunchy veggies and fruits such as: carrots, broccoli, celery, apples, strawberries, and cucumbers can help whiten your teeth. I've worked in the dental field for years and have seen many teeth damaged because people thought that brushing with baking soda or eating lemons whitened their teeth."\n\nhttp://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/white.htm
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Results from tooth paste are totally insignificant the best way to whiten your teeth is by using Carbamide Peroxide, this is what dentists actually use and charge £300 per treatment.\nWe sell this for home use for around £20 and we also sell Laser kits. If you would like to know more please e mail me. http:/www.whitegob.com
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Be careful with those white strips.  The peroxide they use damages the tooth enamel.  I would say get Go Smile instead.  More expensive, but better results and no tooth damage.
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Teeth can be whitened by several methods:\n\n1. "Bleaching" which truly involves hydrogen peroxide\n2. Veneers - artificial surfaces placed and glued on the tooth front surfaces (usually the top fronts first)\n3. Caps  or crowns - one or more teeth reduced in size and a new surface made to place over the top.\n\nBleaching is the easiest and cheapest. Several shades of whitening can be effecteed. Consult with your dentist.\n\nThere are off-the-shelf methods now sold in pharmacies that have overnight trays and solution to put in them. You sleep with the solution in them and the holder in your mouth.  Use care to follow instructions. Irritation of gum tissue is a worry.\n\nVeneers require a dentist and can cost a thousand or more dollars. They look great but may require careful treatment afterward to avoid popping them off from hard wear and eating. \n\nCaps and crowns are rugged but are major dental commitment. Most dentists will not do this without health reasons.\n\nBest of luck and get a professional opinion or two.
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Use crest whitening strips. They work really good! You will be confident and show off your teeth in just a short time of using them.
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Try http://www.ProWhite-Teeth.com my wife and I have had great results with this product. \n\nProWhite works great!
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Brush with a paste you can make from peroxide and baking soda, it will whiten your teeth and get rid of gingivitis if you have it.
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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.
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Try brushing you teeth with baking soda and perxoide
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Zoom is an "in office" procedure and costs anywhere from $400-700. \nToothpaste and Mouthwashes will not whiten your teeth, they will only help reduce stains.\nCrest White Strips are approved by the ADA and therefore, the only over the counter system I would recommend.\nI never advise anyone to use the whitneing treatments overnight. \nI'm located in Upstate, NY
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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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Try white-out.  it works great.
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use a toothpaste with baking/bicarbonate soda in it.\n\nWhen you use it, it feels slightly gritty, and it don't taste too good, but it does work really well if you use it twice a day for a couple weeks (sometimes less)
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Crest White Strips...they work great and you can get coupons for them...you can whiten your teeth up to four shades.  good luck.
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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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yes...al you have to do is use ALOT of whitening strips lol
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Avoid thing that stain your teeth such as smoking and drinking dark beverages.  The best way to whiten your teeth is to see your dentist.