We Can Whiten Your Smile At Home

woodland hills teeth whiteningYou don’t have to rely on the minor results and sensitive teeth offered by store bought strips and toothpastes. Instead, your Woodland Hills, CA, dentist can provide professional teeth whitening that you can use from the comfort of your own home! In today’s blog, we’re discussing our home-based system that employs custom trays and a powerful bleaching gel.

The Factors Behind Your Stained Teeth

Let’s talk about your discoloration for a moment. What causes stains to appear on our smiles? This is often due to our daily habits. Lack of proper oral hygiene habits, including brushing and flossing, could allow plaque and tartar buildup to worsen and make stains more invisible. Sugary foods and drinks also promote plaque too. When you drink beverages with dark pigments, including coffee, red wine, tea, and soda, this leaves behind stains too. Smoking cigarettes and using other tobacco products is a recipe for discoloration too. As part of your treatment, we will want to understand the issues behind your discoloration, so we can recommend the most appropriate treatment.

The Tray and Gel System

For most, we can offer a brighter smile from home with our trays and gel. To begin, we will take detailed impressions and images of your smile, which we use to create and custom-fit a set of plastic trays. We send these trays and a bleaching gel home with you. At home, you will fill each tray with the gel and wear them for about one to two hours. The gel is evenly spread across your smile and begins to break up discoloration. After a week to ten days, you could have a smile brightened by several shades. The trays and any leftover gel could then be used to touch up your smile in the months to come.

A Brighter Smile Moving Forward

Following treatment, you could make a few changes to your daily routine to keep your smile brighter for longer periods. For example, drink more water and cut back on drinks with dark pigments. Enjoy a healthier diet, consuming fewer sugary and starchy items. Quit using tobacco products too! Each day, brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes with a fluoride toothpaste. Flossing each evening too! Finally, be sure you see us for a dental cleaning to remove all buildup every six months.

Do You Have Questions About Treating Discoloration?

We would like to help you enjoy a brighter smile once again with our custom trays and bleaching gel. To schedule an appointment and learn more about our cosmetic treatments, then please call Woodland Hills Dental Arts today at 818-347-5124. You can find us at 6325 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Suite 322 Woodland Hills, CA 91367. We also proudly welcome patients from Thousand Oaks, Westlake, Encino, Sherman Oaks, and all surrounding communities.