What are the Most Common Teeth Whitening Treatments?
Laser Teeth Whitening Treatment
Today, the laser teeth whitening is perhaps the most effective method available. It is a painless and fast technique with obvious results.
This treatment is done by placing a mold in the teeth in order to protect the gums. The bleaching gel is applied with hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide on the teeth and ‘fired’ at them with the laser. In this process, the oxygen that releases the laser light will be responsible for whitening the teeth.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Tooth Whitening in a Clinic
The advantages of these treatments are that they are supervised by oral health professionals. In the second place, they tend to have proven effectiveness and, finally, their results are much more evident and quicker than the homemade teeth whitening treatments.
In contrast, they are more expensive treatments than the homemade ones and some may produce some dental sensitivity, as in some cases of the laser treatments.
Combined Treatments
These treatments combine the professional’s work with home care by the user.
Treatments with Splints
It is characterized by being applied at home, although the splints are made to measure by the professional dentists and the treatment is permanently supervised by them to see the progress.
It consists of the creation of completely customized transparent acrylic splints, in which a gel is applied whose carbamide peroxide composition is also customized according to the color of the teeth to be whitened.
The advantages of this method are that the dentist can apply higher concentrations of the carbamide peroxide in the bleaching gel, and that there is a supervision that in the home methods does not exist. The disadvantage is that it is less effective than the other professional treatments and it is less economical than the homemade treatment.
Mixed Tooth Whitening with Photoactivation
This is another treatment that must be done combining the action of the professional, and this time through photoactivation technique. It has home care using the recovery and bleaching gel.
