Advice on Teeth Whitening Discussion Thread

Lady_K

I dont know but my dentist said to my daughter dont go over 16%. If I was you I would write to dentist.net and give them the details about yourself and what youve been using and ask thier recommendation. From what I see they don't sell the one you have been using on the site so it may be just a different one you could try at 16%

I always thought that your teeth will only whiten to what they genetically are meant to be you may have reached the whitest your going to get but I'd write and ask them if I were you

Negotiator

yep, thats what want to know, can your teeth be whitened further than they are genetically?

Lady_K wrote:

I dont know but my dentist said to my daughter dont go over 16%. If I was you I would write to dentist.net and give them the details about yourself and what youve been using and ask thier recommendation. From what I see they don't sell the one you have been using on the site so it may be just a different one you could try at 16%

I always thought that your teeth will only whiten to what they genetically are meant to be you may have reached the whitest your going to get but I'd write and ask them if I were you

Turning_into_scrooge

Can i ask approx how much it costs to get the trays made at a dentists so you can youse the whitening gel from dentist.net please?

Lady_K

My daughters cost £80 for top and bottom but I suppose it will vary from dentist to dentist. We found that the price varied with the same Dentist chain at different branches within the same area

Toothsmith

Lady_K wrote:

My daughters cost £80 for top and bottom but I suppose it will vary from dentist to dentist. We found that the price varied with the same Dentist chain at different branches within the same area

I would say that very few dentists will be willing to do this for reasons that I outlined earlier in this thread.

It is my guess that Lady K's daughter's dentist seriously regets doing it, and is praying to all the dental gods that there are no ill efects that they could be held responsible for as they were complicit in the treatment.

loates123

would this be any good
Boots the Chemist, which sells its own brand of whitening kits

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1031948&classificationid=1035719

loates123

Toothsmith wrote:

Interesting article.

said about boots in here

surly there as got to be some brands other than den=tists use that are safe and work well
i wonder who dentists use ????????????????

also i see with the oralb 9500 they give u some oralb whiter stuff, should this be binned???????????????????????

SparkyG

The stuff they sell in the shops isn't strong enough to whiten your teeth. End of story;)

The kit the dentists sell and what you can buy online from USA is technically illegal here. Believe me, I know. I work for trading standards:p BUT it is the only stuff that will whiten our teeth. Our regulations on cosmetic bleach are outdated as they were designed for facial bleach and not dental bleach. They are in place to stop the illegal sale of facial bleach which has been used in the past by Asians and black people to attain whiter skin which was seen to be 'desirable'.

The kit they sell in Boots (or anywhere else), will only bleach surface stains. If you want to penetrate the enamel and bleach the dentine you need an 'illegal' strength bleach (over 10% carbamide peroxide) which the shops will not sell because they will not risk prosecution.

Sorry to be blunt, but that is the truth!!!:D

loates123

do whitestrips cause any damage to teeth

consultant31

For what it's worth - I recently bought a Sonicare toothbrush and after using it only a couple of times, my daughter commented on how white my teeth looked. The toothbrush was expensive (£60+), but surely safer than using bleaching agents!