Advice on Teeth Whitening Discussion Thread

Toothsmith

Not bad if your 'local' practice is a city centre place.

I charge £380, but I'm out in the sticks a bit, with cheaper running costs.

The 'Ultraviolet' method isn't ultraviolet - it's just a bright blue light.

The effects are more immediate, but the whiteness doesn't last anywhere near as long. Dentists that use this option often back it up with the gel and tray system over the next few weeks in order to make the change more permanent.

It tends to be a bit dearer than just the gel & tray because of this.

Katykat

Anyone had this done? I use the at home product- gum shield with Carbamide Peroxide as used by Dentists, but this system being introduced in beauty salons uses Chlorine Dioxide with laser. Its claimed to be safer, with less sensitivity. I'm tempted as my salon has half price introductory offer on at the moment, but I'd like some feedback from anyone who's had it done. Dont want to waste my money if its no good.

Beaded_Lady

Hi,

I saw something about teeth whitening here a long time back so wondered if anyone can help.

I really wish to get my teeth whitened as this really causes me to lack confidence. Teeth whitening toothpastes dont work and I believe I may need my teeth bleeched as my front teeth are stained pretty bad.

Could anyone advise on what may be my best cause of action, if it helps I currently live in Birmingham.

sinizterguy

The best way to get your teeth whitened is to go to a dentist. I would seriously recommend you stay away from home bleaching kits, bleaching done at the beauticians, etc.

I personally prefer to do the 15 days at home followed by 1 appointment in surgery for my patients.

But good results can be had from either the 1 visit surgery bleaching or the one I mentioned above.

Nile

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Beaded_Lady

Cheers for the above.

Can anyone else offer advice or personal experience of this? and its potential costs?

ABH_3

Some additional opinions for you here:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains/browse_thread/thread/2eb06a315cce6e89/a62153b0510c891c?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1#a62153b0510c891c

click the 'Newer >' to see the rest of the discussion.

HTH

sinizterguy

Beaded_Lady wrote: »

Cheers for the above.

Can anyone else offer advice or personal experience of this? and its potential costs?

Around 300 to 600+ pounds depending on your area and dental practice.

Very few at the 300 end I would say.

donteatthat

As a dentist I would not recommend going anywhere near this.
The site does not tell you anything useful, and the GDC is now cracking down on non-dentists undertaking tooth whitening as it is illegal for anyone else to do this procedure.

angel

jacey1971 wrote: »

I have been looking at Ebay at some of the teeth whitening products out there and also reading information on forums like this but I am getting confused.

One website i found which helped was www.whiteteethcompany.co.uk

Does anyone have any experience with them?

Cheer

Jacey

I had trays made my dentist and bought 15% gel from there too. This all worked fine, I did 2 hours a day for about ten days and my teeth looked great.

Then I saw that you could buy stronger strengths for much less on ebay and thought that I'd get some to use at a future date. I applied it sparingly and within a minute or so my gums were burning so I rushed to the kitchen sink and managed to wash it all off quickly. Luckily I only had a couple of blisters but it could have been a lot worse if I'd had to run upstairs to the bathroom.

It made me realise that anybody can sell anything on ebay. This stuff in the tube could have been anything, it could have even been made by teenagers in their bedroom having a prank on people.

I was very lucky, just beware of not buying it from a dentist.