Advice on Teeth Whitening Discussion Thread

welshdent

I'll be honest I'm not an expert on the zoom system but I gather they use a stock whitening tray after. I they were to use custom then my feeling would be why the he'll bother with the bleeding light lol. Enlighten I believe uses a different tray design that effectively seals the gel against the foot more so. Personally I use normal lab made spaced trays with either 10 or 15% carbamide peroxide to be used or a good few hours a day. Get some nice results with it. I fitted a well matching temp structure crown 2 weeks ago before starting whitening and you can really see that changes nicely in this patient.

joewa

Hi as some of you may remember i have been bleaching my teeth for a while.Anyway four teeth at my front were not going white like the others.My dentist suggested getting the four of them crowned which i have but the crowns arent as white as the teeth
Does anyone have any advice on what i can do now

Toothsmith

At Last!

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/sites-pull-illegal-toothwhitening-products-2057871.html

londondent

good find toothsmith. Should be made illegal to provide any whitening gels over the internet! I've seen people on ebay selling upto 35% HP, dread to think what damage this could do to peoples teeth and gums!

londondent

joewa wrote: »

Hi as some of you may remember i have been bleaching my teeth for a while.Anyway four teeth at my front were not going white like the others.My dentist suggested getting the four of them crowned which i have but the crowns arent as white as the teeth
Does anyone have any advice on what i can do now

Are you saying that youve already had the crowns done, and now they are not the same colour as the teeth. (i hope the dentist hasnt just crowned four virgin teeth to make them look the same!??)

If they are yellower/darker, then i wouldnt worry too much. There is a chance that as your whitened teeth begin to fade back, they will begin to match the crowns. when they do, try and maintain the colour at that level.

pollypenny

Thanks for your reply, Welsh dent. But this was lying with head lower than feet.

I am aware of posture troubles for dentists. Our old, lovely one had to give up because of arthritis.

joewa

Are you saying that youve already had the crowns done, and now they are not the same colour as the teeth. (i hope the dentist hasnt just crowned four virgin teeth to make them look the same!??)

If they are yellower/darker, then i wouldnt worry too much. There is a chance that as your whitened teeth begin to fade back, they will begin to match the crowns. when they do, try and maintain the colour at that level.



got four crowns, three replaced my natural teeth and one was a replaced crown/I now need to get a new bleaching tray as it does not fit now:mad:

welshdent

pollypenny wrote: »

Thanks for your reply, Welsh dent. But this was lying with head lower than feet.

I am aware of posture troubles for dentists. Our old, lovely one had to give up because of arthritis.

I still wouldn't say it's unusual though to have your body positioned in such a manner. You may need straps to
Keep you on though ;-).

welshdent

joewa wrote: »

Are you saying that youve already had the crowns done, and now they are not the same colour as the teeth. (i hope the dentist hasnt just crowned four virgin teeth to make them look the same!??)

If they are yellower/darker, then i wouldnt worry too much. There is a chance that as your whitened teeth begin to fade back, they will begin to match the crowns. when they do, try and maintain the colour at that level.



got four crowns, three replaced my natural teeth and one was a replaced crown/I now need to get a new bleaching tray as it does not fit now:mad:

I think I speak for most of the dentists here when I say if you aren't happy with your results you need to speak to your dentist. Personally I can't think of any situation where I would crown a tooth SOLELY to change it's colour following whitening. I could see a case for a grossly discolured tooth but for a cosmetic case as this sounds like I wouldnt

joewa

hi, a few people have commented on them and said he has done a good job.I suppose i just need to get used to them