How long does teeth whitening from the dental office last?
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at
2:57 am
Elwood Blues asked:
Teeth whitening from the mouth trays?
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it doesn’t last that long! maybe about a week or so.
not sure tho
It lasts for a couple of years according to my dentist. He said they mold the trays for you and then they keep them at the office and you come back every couple of years to get it redone but don’t have to pay for new trays as they use the ones they made for you.
It is dependent on your individual food and brushing habits.
I had Brite Smile done a few years ago, and it’s amazing how long it lasted. I also smoke, so I work to keep them up. It takes an hour, and it lasts easily for a year or more. TOTALLY WORTH IT, and its much better than the over the counter whitening systems…MUCH better
There are two that our dental office has to offer, one is the at home tray system and the other is the in office one hour system.
I’ll give you the information on both and how to start off also.
To start with the best and easiest way is to see your dentist for a cleaning. They can remove the stains caused from the coffee, tea and smoking. Then the rest is up to your home care in keeping the stains off. Once you get the stains removed, it will be a lot easier to keep them off! Using a soft toothbrush and whitening toothpaste can do wonders alone, but sometimes you need a little extra help.
If you want the hollywood white, then talk to the dentist about home bleaching. He/she will suggest two different methods that are known to work well. One is bleaching trays that are custom made from impressions taken of your teeth. These work with a solution the dentist provides for you. The other is the in house, or one hour bleaching method that the doctor or his assistant preforms at the office.
The custom trays ususally takes a few minutes to a couple of hours a day for about two weeks to reach your desired results. Most patients I’ve found love this type of whitening. It allows them the freedom to judge when they need to “touch up” by bleaching whenever they feel their teeth have gotten stained from time, coffee, tea, wines and other things. It also allows them to touch up again months, or years down the road. The average cost of this is around $200-400. It’s the method of bleaching I’ve used for over 15 years now, and I highly recommend this one. I do enjoy red wines and would hate to never be able to drink them again.
Then there is the one hour system that the dentist does in his office, it’s quiet expensive though, somewhere around the $600-$700 area. Some dentist don’t use it or recomend it due to the sensitivity it causes. It’s bleaching usually last for a couple of years and requires touch up with bleaching pens and mouthwashes which are expensive too. This gives you the instant white but the results aren’t lasting.
So, it’s really up to you and how much you want to spend to get those “pearly” whites. I would check around on the prices in your area. But the key question is, are you willing to maintain it, with regular appointments with your dentist and diligent home care? Talk to your dentist, they can answer all of your questions. Good luck!
It all depends on how much stain-related foods you consume afterwards… coffee, tea, wine, etc.
Its really no how much you use