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Professional Teeth Whitening (Dental Whitening)

Teeth whitening is a dental procedure to restore the colour of your teeth, or to whiten your teeth beyond its natural colour.

Diseases and Conditions

Stained Teeth
Tooth Discolouration
Dark-Coloured Teeth

Teeth Whitening Kits (Home based) : After assessing your dental condition, the dentist makes a customised mouth guard according to your teeth, together with some bleaching gel. After applying a layer of bleaching gel, the mouth guard is inserted into your mouth and left for one or more hours for the bleaching to take effect. You can then do subsequent treatments at home by consistently wearing the mouth guard (with the bleach gel) for a few hours.

Teeth Whitening

Dental bleaching, also known as tooth whitening, is a common procedure in general dentistry. According to the FDA, whitening restores natural tooth color and bleaching whitens beyond the natural color. There are many methods available, such as brushing, bleaching strips, bleaching pen, bleaching gel, and laser bleaching.

Bleaching methods use carbamide peroxide which reacts with water to form hydrogen peroxide. Carbamide peroxide has about a third of the strength of hydrogen peroxide. This means that a 15% solution of carbamide peroxide is the rough equivalent of a 5% solution of hydrogen peroxide. The peroxide oxidizing agent penetrates the porosities in the rod-like crystal structure of enamel and breaks down stain deposits in the dentin. Power bleaching uses light energy to accelerate the process of bleaching in a dental office. A new bleaching agent is 6-phthalimido peroxy hexanoic acid (PAP).

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