£75 reduction in the cost of Britesmile Whitening

System

All teeth whitening products cause an avalanche of free radical activity in your mouth hydrogen peroxide,and the other unsavory chemicals are dangerous to skin cells.These products have not been around long enough to tell what the future damage could be.
In the same vein people are brushing their teeth with lethal chemical cocktails of sodium lauryl sulphate,sodium benzoate,Triclosan which is carcniogenic and is not boidegradable therefore harfull to you and the envoiroment.
Type "cometics unmasked" into your search bar and look at the gina-antczk website you will be amazed at the damage we are causing ourselves.
WELEDA are the only Uk company I have found that make chemical free toothpaste,mouthwash. https://www.weleda.co.uk

System

sorry here is the link I think? https://www.gina.antczak.btinternet.co.uk

System

I got mine done through White Cross they quoted me £300ish but knocked it down £100 after I spluttered a bit about it being rather a lot of money to bite on a bit of putty.

All the dentist did was take a mould from my teeth send if off to a lab. A bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide doesn't cost much, so theres a nice profit it.

Once you have the mould done, you just have to buy the bottle of bleach. I noticed a couple dental labs have their own websites and will make you a mold and sell yo ua bottle of bleach, but I didn't feel brave enough to try thsi option.

Vanessa

What about those of us unlucky enough to have yellow teeth to begin with? I was given some kind of an antibiotic as a child, which had an unfortunate side effect of turning my teeth yellow and my dentine soft! Is there any point in attempting to bleach in this case? Also, are there any natural whiteners that work?

System

Vanessa, Tetracyciline staining, which i presume is what you're referring to can respond well to tooth bleaching and i would certainly recommend it before trying more "intensive" proceedures such as veneers and crowns.

Sensitivity can be an issue (mine were!), but it is only passing and you might find filling up the bleaching trays with a toothpaste like sensodyne will help. One point: make sure the colour is stable before having fillings or crowns replaced to match as the colour can lapse back (a little) a few weeks after its done.

A word on profit margins - i charge £120 for home bleaching. This includes a consultation, the upper and lower trays and 10 tubes of bleach. The trays cost me 11 each to be made and we buy in the bleach at roughly £3 per tube, so i have and outlay of around £50 and make £70 profit, but hey, i'm NHS, so i have to make the money somewhere.........

dr_teeth_3

Vanessa
something else to consider is that
1) there are 2 different types of Tetracycline staining which react differently to whitening (one better than the other)
2) You may need to whiten for anywhere up to 6 months

however, it may well be worth it

Vanessa

Tetracycline it was! Caffeine addiction does not help either! Half a lifetime of tight-lipped smiling has left me practically wrinkle-free, but has done little for my popularity at work and play! I may just try the bleaching, before I have the whole lot veneered!

System

I am a dental nurse and i had my teeth bleeched about four years ago as one of the first trials. I had the trays to use at home and i found the results where ok and lasted around 2 years. I am not sure weather i would pay for to have them done again though. I would be tempted to have the in surgery with light treatment done. I like the idea of instant results rather than using the tray for your mouth daily and the awful taste that came with it. They dont always say this but avoid whitening if you have white fillings in the front teeth as the bleach whitens teeth but not fillings you could end up paying a fortune to have them all replaced. And as for whitening toothpastes. They are very abrasive. If you damage the enamel on teeth it just makes stains easyer to come back and harder to remove again. I would avoid them.

System

Hi

I think having white teeth is overrated frankly you should be pleased you have got any at all1

S McGowan

System

Thanks for all the help, I had just asked my dentist how much to have my teeth whitened and I was told £500 and you are there less than an hour!! As I am going to Florida next week I was going to find a dentist to see if it was cheaper there!! Now of course I can buy the crest white strips and Colgate gel, so thank you very very muchly ;D