Teeth Whitening

Do you look at your smile in the mirror and feel dissatisfied with it? Maybe you find yourself smiling without showing your teeth or instinctively putting your hand over your mouth because you feel self-conscious about how discolored your teeth have become over the years. Bucks County Dental Associates offers teeth whitening in New Britain, PA, which improves your smile in as little as one hour.

How Do Teeth Become Discolored?

Most children still have bright white teeth, even after they lose their baby teeth to permanent ones. The enamel in teeth gradually decreases as people age, leaving their teeth looking more yellow or gray than white. Certain lifestyle choices also impact how white your teeth remain over the years. The most common ones include:

• Chewing tobacco
• Drinking wine
• Eating dark-colored foods
• Smoking

Certain medications can also stain the teeth, particularly antibiotics.

The Teeth Whitening Process

If you are interested in a brighter smile, the first thing you should do is schedule a consultation with our New Britain, PA dental practice. Your dentist will ask several questions about your medical and dental history along with your reasons for pursuing this popular cosmetic dentistry procedure. After completing this portion of the consultation, your dentist will take impressions of your top and bottom rows of teeth to create the trays for teeth whitening.

You would then need to schedule an appointment for your first teeth whitening session. Most patients see a noticeable difference after one appointment, but individual results vary, and you may need to come in more than once. When you arrive for your next appointment, your dentist will pour bleaching gel into your customized trays and place one of your top row of teeth and the other on your bottom row of teeth.

For the next step, you will remain seated in the dental chair for up to 60 minutes while the whitening gel reaches the deepest layers of your tooth enamel to bring out a whiter color. Once your dentist removes each tray, the last step is to shine a curing light on your teeth that helps the whitening gel take effect.

You also have the option of completing the teeth whitening process at home. After customized mouth trays come back from our laboratory, we will provide you with an at-home teeth whitening kit. Be sure to follow the instructions exactly for the fastest and most effective result. You should plan to wear the customized mouth trays filled with bleaching gel overnight for several consecutive nights.

Why Professional Teeth Whitening is Superior to Drugstore Kits

Perhaps you have tried increasing the shade of your teeth on your own with a teeth whitening kit that you purchased at a drug store. Unfortunately, the results are often inferior and do not last as long as professional treatment you receive from a dentist. We obtain better results for patients because we use industrial strength bleaching gel that is only available to dentists.

Ready to Learn More About Teeth Whitening in New Britain, PA?

You do not need to be famous, a professional worker, or engage in frequent public speaking to benefit from teeth whitening. Anyone who desires a brighter smile is a suitable candidate for the procedure. Please contact Bucks County Dental Associates today to request a cosmetic dentistry consultation.

Sources

Teeth Whitening: How It Works, Types, and Side Effects (healthline.com)