Advice on Teeth Whitening Discussion Thread

rubia1409_2

Has anyone had their teeth whitened either here or abroad? How much did it cost and was it worth it?

Also, what about the home whitening kits, especially the ones that provide a blue light to shine on your teeth? Advice needed!!

Nile

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Toothsmith

rubia1409 wrote:

Has anyone had their teeth whitened either here or abroad? How much did it cost and was it worth it?

Also, what about the home whitening kits, especially the ones that provide a blue light to shine on your teeth? Advice needed!!

In the home kits the Blue light is just a useless gimmick to make it look like the expensive light that dentists use on the 'in surgery' whitening systems.

For all the use it is, you may as well sit with the stuff on your teeth and grin at the telly. There is more useful radiation coming off the screen than comes out of the light that is supplied!

If you want your teeth whitened, talk to your dentist about it. It is dearer, but it will work, or at least if it won't, the dentist will tell you not to bother.

Going abroad for treatments is only really cheaper for the multi-thousand pound treatment plans, which would not really be in the same league as simple whitening which is just a few hundred. But in those expensive cases, it shouldn't really be done de to the difficulty in continuing care and backup.

Teerah

The cost of the bleaching will include the trays and bleach unless it has been discussed with her dentist just having the trays made. If so, I assume your daughter told the dentist why they did not require the bleach and therefore could have asked what perentage would have been given??
She will need to avoid the currys and the wine whilst undergoing the process and for a few weeks after to allow the colour to stabilise. Also worth bearing in mind that the results will not last anywhere near as long with frequent use of high-staining foods.

Lady_K

Thankyou yes the dentist actually suggested to her that its cheaper for her to get the trays made and buy the gel herself. Her dentist is a nice lady. My daughter is a student nurse so her dentist is probably just being aware of her financial situation. I think she said the trays would cost about £80 for both but this was when she enquired last year so it may have gone up.

She could ask the dentist for advise on which gel to get when she goes to have the trays made but as she is at university she desnt see her friend thats getting the gel too often so its better timing if she can find out now then ask her friend to get it so she can pick it up the same day. Otherwise it will be some weeks before she will be back again. She can also start the treatment straight away then too

rubia1409_2

going abroad isn't a problem cost wise as I work in the travel industry. I just wondered if anyone had any recomendations as to where to go either here or abroad. Also does anyone know roughly how much I should expect to pay?

Mrs_pbradley936

Yes, I have had this done in the USA. It is not painful but uncomfortable, they put a frame in your mouth which holds your lips away from the gums. Then they paint your teeth with a gel and shine a light into your mouth and leave you for about 20 mins. They do that three times. Then you must not eat anything likely to stain your teeth for a few days (things like tomatoes, tea, coffee). It cost $500. Your teeth will look fabulous for about 6 weeks then they begin to fade. But I also use Crest White Strips got them on ebay from USA because they do not sell them here. They are like strips of sellotape with gel on which you wear for 30 mins a few days every month or so. If you keep up with it your teeth stay really white.

Toothsmith

pbradley936 wrote:

But I also use Crest White Strips got them on ebay from USA because they do not sell them here.

That's because they're not licensed in this country.

Mrs_pbradley936

Here is a link for the system had

http://www.britesmile.com/learn/britesmile_experience.asp?tf=0&pc=


If it does not work just type britesmile into google.

funky-footprints

Im having mine done for my christmas pressie off dh ! A friend of ours is a dentist so he is doing it for mates rates ...im soo excited ......