Teeth Whitening

totheleft

I have seen two home teeth whitening kits today.

I don't have severely yellow teeth but wouldn't mind having a ravishing whitey teeth smile! Like this

Theres two deals

1. the deal cloud

£16 for a non peroxide teeth whitening kit (value £99) at The Smile Spa

2. Groupon

At Home Teeth Whitening Kit for £19 from Whitening Professionals (81% off) - non peroxide gel may i add.

what do you guys think? is it worth it or just scams? i am abit scared to try them to be honest but its so cheap! has anyone ever tried a home kit?

Thanks

brook2jack

The only thing that will whiten teeth is peroxide. So either these kits won't work or they contain an illegal concentration of peroxide.

There are kits that contain a tippex type of paint on stuff that looks awful and doesn't last,

Save your money and don't buy.

welshdent

Its marketed "cheap " because the hope people will take take it up because even if it doesn't work it was "only " a few quid. It is as effective as doing nothing and that's free ;-)

Pet50

Don't do it. I was scammed by one of these firms a couple of years ago. Started with a 'free' trial and ended up paying £100. Got it all back through my credit card, but wished I'd never started. Took ages to win back my money and cost me in phone calls and time on the computer searching them out!

DonaldTrumpsHair

My daughter in law has used Crest White Strips and they do work, though I know dentists do not approve of them, so don't shoot me down any dentists on here.

Toothsmith

DonaldTrumpsHair wrote: »

My daughter in law has used Crest White Strips and they do work, though I know dentists do not approve of them, so don't shoot me down any dentists on here.

They're not actually licensed in this country ( = illegal).

I think Ebay and places like that have cracked down on the black market that exists whereby product sourced in other countries (or, more likely, counterfeit) were available.

Avoid.

brook2jack

Actually it's not just dentists who are against the selling of illegal products like this over the Internet... Which produced the following article after research

Illegal tooth whitener sales exposed
Potentially harmful products on well-known sites

21 August 2010


Which? has uncovered the widespread selling of illegal and potentially!harmful tooth-whitening products on Amazon, eBay and Google.

When we surveyed members of the public* to find out about their experiences of internet-bought tooth-whitening products, 28% were dissatisfied, with three out of five experiencing side effects lasting for more than a few days.

Stuart Johnston from the British Dental Association told Which?: 'High doses of hydrogen peroxide can burn the lining of the mouth if it's not adequately protected by, for example, a well-fitting mouth guard.' 9% of those surveyed experienced white spots on gums and lips, indicating chemical burns.

Website action
After reviewing our evidence, the websites all agreed to remove tooth-whitening products containing more than 0.1% hydrogen peroxide - a powerful bleach also used in hair dye and bomb-making.

However, as we went to press, sellers on eBay and Google were still advertising products with up to 44% carbamide peroxide - which contains nearly 150 times the hydrogen peroxide legal limit.!

Tooth whitening regulation
Which? policy adviser Rebecca Owen-Evans says: 'Selling products that breach the cosmetics regulations is prohibited and there is a failure in policing.'

Professional body the Trading Standards Institute told us that the challenge for local Trading Standards teams is to stamp out this illegal selling in an internet market of 160,000 retailers.

If you see illegal tooth-whitening products on sale, report them to Consumer Direct.

Holly+Kitty_Rose

I'm worked as a dental nurse for 4/5 years and my ex is a dentist. Personally I have used the crest whitening strips. I know it's naughty but for me it was an asethetic thing. I was very unhappy with the shade of my teeth and although I know that peroxide whitening is not great for your teeth I felt that it would be a good thing for my self esteem so on balance I decided to go for it. My ex certainly wouldn't use these but then he wouldn't have orthodontics either as he's perfectly happy with his 'british teeth'!

Rachel_123

Does anyone know if the crest white strips 'go off' or have an expiration date? I've found some that I bought in late 2009, I started the course but never finished it as I caught swine flu lol. I don't want to end up like Ross from friends!

brook2jack

Genuine strips legally sold in America have expiration dates printed on the box etc.
Because it is illegal to sell them in the EU, UK and various other parts of the world there is no legitimate way to obtain them to sell here.
Therefore you are trusting an unknown person who knows they are breaking the law will sell you genuine , boxed, in date strips which don't contain any nasties.
In your case you are considering placing three year old strips illegitimately supplied to you with no guarantee they are what they claim to be. At best they will do nothing, at worst........