Tooth bleaching

BLEACHING

Bleaching includes removal of inborn tooth colors or those acquired in time. Before this procedure, the patient definitely has to be checked for gingival diseases, decayed cavities, and extremely eroded dental surfaces. Those kinds of problems need to be corrected before the bleaching procedure to be applied in such cases.

WHAT ARE THE METHODS OF BLEACHING?

Bleaching procedure can be applied in three different ways:at-home, in-office or the combination of both techniques. The most successful results are commonly possible by the combination technique. At-home type bleaching technique requirespreparing special elastic plates of tooth lines on lower jaw and upper jaw after measuring. The bleaching agent is placed on the pockets formed on these plates. The procedure can be applied by patient in daytime or when sleeping.
In-office bleaching technique requires the procedure to be carried out by the doctor in clinic. It is possible to get a result in a shorter period of time because agent concentration is higher than at-home procedure. Both bleaching methods ask patients to avoid coloredfood and drink both during treatment and the following few weeks. Both techniques yield effective results; however, one can benefit from the combination of both ifintense coloring occurs.