What is Teeth Whitening?
Teeth whitening is designed to remove discoloration from your teeth. While tooth coloration is perfectly normal and can happen to anyone over time with a variety of causes, including:
- Food and drink : Some types of food and drinks contain chemicals that naturally stain the teeth (eg: coffee, tea, red wine, blueberries, tomatoes). Brushing your teeth immediately after eating and drinking can help alleviate some of the effects, but pigmentation can still build up over time.
- Some medication: Some chemicals used in medicine can also affect the coloring of teeth,
- Tobacco use: Most people know that smokers tend to have yellow or even brown teeth.
- Silver filings : An amalgam or silver filling can cause grayish-silver tinges to linger in the area after the procedure.
- Genetics: Unfortunately, some people have teeth that are must more prone to changing color.
- Aging: Finally, tooth discoloration sometimes just comes from aging.
Types of Teeth whitening
Thanks to the importance most people place on a nice smile and the fact so many things can stain your teeth as you age, tooth whitening products have developed into a very large market. For the most part, tooth whitening products fall into two major categories, at-home whitening or professional dental whitening. At our practice we offer both types of teeth cleaning.
You can contact our practice at any time to get recommendation for at home whitening or to get a professional treatment done.