Many people who are unhappy with the way their teeth look may be looking for ways to improve their appearance. Often a person may be troubled because their teeth are stained or discolored due to smoking, tea, coffee, wine or even because of medications they may have taken in the past. While many people may decide to try an over the counter whitening kit for these issues, often these kits are unable to make much of a difference in the person’s teeth. In this type of situation, it can be a good idea to visit a Dental Office in Casa Grande, AZ to have professional teeth whitening treatments.
When a person has their teeth whitened by a dentist, they will often find the experience to be much different from the process they performed at home with a retail whitening kit. This is because a dentist can use products which have higher concentrations of active whitening ingredients. In addition, a dentist will also have special tools and equipment to help in the process. This can often bring much better results in a shorter amount of time.
One of the first things a dentist, such as Robert Hankel and Chris Ehrbright D.D.S., will want to do for a patient before they have a whitening treatments, is to professionally clean the patient’s teeth. This can eliminate a lot of plaque and tartar buildup, which can delay the whitening process. Next, a dentist will generally create a custom fitted dental tray for use when applying the whitening product. While some kits contain similar trays, they are not custom fitted to the patient’s teeth and this makes them less effective in making sure all the patient’s teeth are well coated with the whitening product.
The dentist will generally fill the tray with the whitening product and then apply it to the patient’s teeth. Since most times a Dental Office in Casa Grande, AZ will have a laser light or UV lamp, this will be directed towards the patient’s teeth to further enhance the whitening product. This can be helpful in causing the product to activate faster and begin moving into the pores of the teeth where it will breakdown and destroy the stains and other discoloration in the teeth. Once this is done, light will be able to brighten and whiten the teeth as well.
