When you have developed unsightly stains on the surfaces of your teeth, you may wish for a brighter smile. Our team can help you with that, with a treatment that brightens smiles by several shades. In today’s blog, your Sunny Smiles team talks about how we offer significantly brighter smiles with our professional teeth whitening treatment.
The Factors Behind Teeth Stains
Our teeth could develop stains due to drinks with dark pigments, such as coffee, tea, red wine, and soda. Foods with a lot of sugar and starch could promote plaque buildup that make stains more visible too. Lack of proper brushing and flossing, and infrequent dental cleanings, could also lead to buildup and visible discoloration. Smoking cigarettes and using other tobacco products are possible factors as well. As part of your treatment, we will carefully examine your smile to assess the cause and extent of your discoloration, so we can choose the best solution to brighten your smile!
Our Custom Trays and Bleaching Gel
While store bought options are available, these strips and toothpastes may offer only minor results that are short lived, and could be linked to tooth sensitivity. But we have a professional option you can use from home that brightens teeth by up to eight shades and limits tooth sensitivity too! To begin, you will visit our office long enough to have a custom set of trays crafted from impressions of your teeth. We then send the trays home with you, along with a bleaching gel. At home, you fill the trays with gel and wear them for a specific amount of time each day, over the course of a week to ten days. The trays ensure the results are even across your smile and prevent saliva from diluting the gel. You can also keep any leftover gel and the trays for touch-ups in the months to come. This teeth whitening procedure can provide removable results that last far longer than over-the-counter alternatives.
Taking on Intrinsic Teeth Stains
While most teeth stains are extrinsic, forming on the surfaces of your teeth, some could be intrinsic, forming beneath the enamel. These could be difficult to remove with teeth whitening, but we can still brighten your smile. For severe intrinsic staining, our team could mask them with dental bonding or even custom porcelain veneers, so you receive instant teeth whitening. If you have any questions about how we plan your teeth whitening procedure, or about our other cosmetic treatments, then contact our team today to learn more. We want you to obtain a brighter smile in 2024!
TALK TO YOUR DENTIST TODAY ABOUT COSMETIC DENTISTRY
You can schedule an appointment for teeth whitening with us by calling Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry in El Paso, TX, today at 915.759.7000.