October 30th, 2009 §
While teeth whitening strips are often advertised, teeth whitening gel refills, such as Colgate teeth whitening gel can be a better solution for those who want to have a whiter smile. In addition, although they are usually more expensive to buy initially, buying a stronger bleach solution in the teeth whitening gel refills can provide a quicker whitening process, using less of the gel, and costing less money in the long run. Considering that a box of teeth whitening strips usually costs twenty dollars for at most two treatments, spending forty dollars for a set of four syringes full of teeth whitening gel refill solution at a thirty-five percent bleach concentration will do the job quicker, cover the teeth more fully, and whiten all of the teeth, rather than only those that the strip reaches.
Application
Teeth whitening gel refills can be applied in a couple of different ways. The most common is to put the teeth whitening gel refill into a mouth tray and then pressed up onto the teeth. These mouth trays are sometimes just a U-shaped tray that sits in the mouth over the teeth and is mainly just there to help hold the gel on the tooth without providing a custom fit. The U-trays can also be used to protect the gel when it is directly applied to the teeth, as will be explained in the next section. Other mouth trays can be found in teeth whitening gel kits, where the consumer can custom fit the tray to their teeth, usually by warming a wax mouth piece and then biting into it, creating a mold of their teeth. This method is not always a good choice for those who have some sort of damage to their teeth requiring caps or fillings, or even denture wear since it can pull these items out of the mouth requiring dental work.
Dentists will also custom fit mouth pieces for people, but this is usually very costly. Doing a teeth whitening gel refill and custom mouth piece through a dentist’s office usually costs several hundred dollars compared to the forty dollars of a strong bleach solution refill kit costs. Since these teeth whitening gel refills are a gel solution, it is thick enough and sticky enough most times to also be applied directly to the teeth so that a mouth tray is not necessarily needed. This is usually a little messy and requires more gel than using a mouth piece. In addition, it is difficult to keep from wiping the gel solution off the teeth with the lips and cheeks during the thirty minutes that it needs to sit. The U-trays can be one inexpensive solution to this, just setting the tray over the applied gel so that it does not get wiped off.
October 30th, 2009 §
Before starting a teeth whitening gel, it is always important to go to a dentist first to make sure that there is not anything wrong with the teeth that could be harmed or get in the way of the teeth whitening process. It is also a good idea to get the dentist’s opinion of different teeth whitening gel solutions on the market, such as the Opalescence teeth whitening gel which can be used to refill custom made trays.
Making a Choice
There are different teeth whitening solutions on the market that range from costing hundreds of dollars to costing about twenty dollars for a whitening strip kit. Finding the best teeth whitening gel really depends on what the customer can afford, what results he or she wants from the whitening process, and what condition the teeth are in, meaning what types of stains are on the teeth. There are certain stains, such as tobacco, that are much more difficult to get out and require the best teeth whitening gel on the market and a few months time. Other stains, such as teeth that are yellowed by age, are very responsive to the whitening process in most cases and get bleached very quickly.
Most dentist offices will say that they have the best teeth whitening gel, but it usually costs hundreds of dollars for the custom fit tray and also the gel solution. In addition, some of these kits are not done at home, which required a dentist visit in order to get another treatment which can be costly. Some offices provide the custom tray that can be filled with any of the best teeth whitening gel solutions on the market, providing a great template to ensure full coverage of every tooth so that a brilliantly white smile can be achieved.
There are also other kits that are on the market that provide some of the most economical and best teeth whitening gel solutions on the market. These kits provide a wax tray that can be custom fit to the person’s mouth, which gives almost as good a tray as having one made at a dentist’s office, although it is usually more bulky. These trays can be filled again and again with the best teeth whitening gel, such as Colgate, Opalescence, Day White or Night White. These solutions usually require the user to have the tray in for fifteen to thirty minutes at a time, which normally requires that it be a time that they are at home doing other things while they wait.
October 30th, 2009 §
Many people notice that their teeth get yellowed or stained with time as they get older. In addition, if people smoke, drink a lot of coffee or dark colored soft drinks, then they will notice that their smiles become less white over time. All of these stains are possible to get out if the right bleaching solution is used, and there are many different options on the market today.
Options
Teeth whitening gel can be applied in a variety of ways, from professional application to doing it at home. Professional versions are the most expensive, costing hundreds of dollars for the custom made trays for the teeth whitening gel to go into, as well as the cost of the treatments and the gel itself. Some of these systems require that people go back into the dentist for additional treatments until the ideal color has been reached on their teeth. This is more suitable for people who have some sort of tooth problem that could interfere with the bleaching process and requires more custom bleaching.
Another option for teeth whitening gel is to use a pre-filled tray that is shaped to fit over the teeth but is not a custom fit like the professionally made trays. These pre-filled teeth whitening gel trays usually provide a better fit and whitening solution than the bleach gel strips since they tend to stay in place better for the period of time that is required for that application of the bleach solution.
There are also some awkward methods of applying the teeth whitening gel, such as painting the gel onto the teeth and not using any sort of strip or tray at all. The problem with this method is that it is difficult to keep from disturbing the gel on the teeth while waiting for the tooth to get bleached, in addition to the taste of the teeth whitening gel which gets into the mouth, some of which is inadvertently swallowed.
The best teeth whitening gel is to have a custom fit tray that can be used with teeth whitening gel refills, which are usually syringes that help to squirt the gel into the trays. Custom made trays do not have to be done by a dentist, as there are certain teeth whitening gel kits that supply a wax mouth piece that can be custom formed to any person’s mouth, providing a great overall beaching experience for not only the front of the teeth but also the backs of the teeth.