Monday, May 30, 2011

Teeth Whitening at Home

Quality of bleaching depends on many factors, such as professional-quality dental, individual features of patient's teeth, especially hygiene and nutrition patient. Patients are always striving to improve the aesthetics of their teeth as soon as possible and sometimes impose unrealistic demands, which makes treatment planning and predicting its outcome. It is therefore very important point during home bleaching is to establish mutual understanding between doctor and patient. Dentist, based on experience and knowledge, trying to explain to patients what to expect as a result of bleaching. In this regard, provided invaluable help of modern computer programs, through which the dentist can demonstrate to the patient the expected result of bleaching.

If you change the color of the surface, ie caused by the consumption of such products that have coloring properties (coffee, tea, etc.), the whitening of teeth usually lasts 6 weeks. Teeth Whitening smoker may take up to three months. If the change in tooth color depth, ie There tetracycline teeth, fluorosis, changes under the influence of certain systemic diseases, in such cases is difficult to achieve a good result. Although, after the home bleaching, such teeth look much brighter than they were. When a single darkened teeth (a consequence of traumatic injury and a complication of treatment of root canal tooth), it is better to use the method of internal bleaching.

In most cases, bleached teeth 1-3 years are beginning to change color. Therefore, after the first bleach, is recommended as necessary to conduct and repeated courses. Course re-bleaching lasts less than the first.

Side effects due to the home bleaching

At home bleaching is necessary to pay attention to side effects. The most common ones are: irritation of the soft tissues (especially in the gum and interdental papillae) and increased tooth sensitivity to temperature stimuli. In some cases, side effects of home bleaching are so severe that he had to stop treatment, but this happens very rarely. In the case of such situations, the patient must contact their dentist. In the course of home whitening teeth may become more sensitive than usual to heat and cold. Most often associated discomfort continues from one to four days and held end-bleaching. During home bleaching second common side effect is irritation of the gums. Irritation of the gums is usually due to contact of the bleaching gel with gum, ie, with a poor adaptation of individual mouthguards. In this case, an individual mouthguard dentist remodels.

The most popular folk remedy for whitening teeth at home - an ordinary baking soda. It's pretty simple - dips the toothbrush in a solution of baking soda and brush your teeth. Immediately become whiter teeth, but gums, traumatized rough friction of soda, will be hurt. Attention! Remember that soda literally tear off the top layer of tooth enamel! If you brush your teeth with baking soda once a month, you can quickly thinned enamel. Increase the sensitivity of the teeth to any sharp or hot food.

Action whitening toothpastes like action of soda - in pastes contain abrasives or enzymes that affect the color of teeth. It is not recommended to use such pastes long - because the sensitivity of enamel will gradually increase.

Toothpastes are good, but it is unlikely they can achieve the desired result because Tooth bleaching is negligible.

Here are some interesting information:

Home remedies
 
As a rule, cheap whitening toothpastes are ineffective. To give teeth a pleasant white, have to fork out on expensive toothpaste. Unfortunately, professional teeth whitening are not equally shared. If you decide to test the effectiveness of bleaching creams, gels and mouth guards are sold in pharmacies, use natural and available means, whose effectiveness has been tested by time.

Baking soda: a time-tested favorite of housewives, baking soda has many functions and is used, including, for teeth whitening. Most dentists agree that baking soda is safe for health and quick and effective action. Brush your teeth with baking soda or just mix it with toothpaste - then the salty taste of soda will be less noticeable.

Hydrogen peroxide: hydrogen peroxide - a popular, cheap and affordable, which is always at hand. When using hydrogen peroxide can not be excluded discomfort and a burning sensation in the gums, but the result will exceed your expectations - clean, white teeth (although without enamel). Typically, most people see results after several weeks of application of hydrogen peroxide or even earlier. Nothing wrong with that hydrogen peroxide gets into your mouth, but in any case do not swallow it when rinsing!

When using this home remedy for brushing your teeth, as usual, then rinse for a minute. Then spit and rinse your mouth with warm water. Or dip into a solution of hydrogen peroxide swab and slide it in the teeth in the vertical and horizontal direction.

Strawberries and strawberry: few know that strawberries and other berries contain natural bleaching agents, so perfectly whitened teeth! Because these berries also contain glucose and acid, it is important to remove the remnants of a toothbrush and brush your teeth with fluoride toothpaste. The berries can be crushed and put on his teeth, like toothpaste, or just hold them in the teeth by applying gentle pressure until the juice.

Wood ash: strange as it sounds, but solid wood ash helps whiten teeth. It contains potassium hydroxide - a compound that, and whitens teeth. Microscopic crystals of potassium hydroxide clean off plaque in hard to reach places, leaving them clean and white sand. However, too frequent use of wood ashes or too much friction can damage tooth enamel, so this tool should be used with extreme caution. Wood ash can be put directly on your toothbrush and brush your teeth, or mixed with a small amount of toothpaste.

Toothpaste home cooking: one of the best means of whitening teeth at home - toothpaste for your own cooking. Mix baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, table salt and a small amount of toothpaste - a proven tool is very effective and harmless.

Other means of teeth whitening

To enhance the effect, you can combine the above ingredients with wood ash, strawberries, hydrogen peroxide or baking soda. Do not forget to thoroughly wash off any product with the teeth with toothpaste and rinse your mouth after bleaching procedures.

Also remember that teeth have a natural yellow tint - this is due to calcium and essential minerals in tooth enamel. Too much cleansing, frequent hit on the teeth of lemon juice, acid or vitamin C in any way damage the tooth surface. Damaged tooth enamel is not amenable to recovery, and damage to the enamel means that the teeth are vulnerable and more prone to the formation of holes. Therefore, all the home remedies for teeth whitening should be used very rarely and with special attention.

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