Teeth Whitening Phoenix Arizona

Teeth whitening, or bleaching, is a great and comparatively inexpensive way to brighten your smile.  

There are different kinds of bleaching methods and products that can help accomplish this.  The first is In-House or “One-Hour Whitening” For this whitening technique, the highest concentration of whitening product is used over approximately a one hour time frame.  This is a great way to get a “jump start” or touch up if your teeth are looking dull or a little discolored and you need them brightened quickly for an occasion. 

In addition to the One-Hour, we also recommend getting “Bleaching/Whitening Trays”.  For this type of whitening, we take impressions, or molds, of your teeth and make custom fitted trays specifically for your mouth.  You then have a gel that you put in the trays and you wear them anywhere from 15-30 minutes for a high concentration product or you can sleep with them, which is actually a great time, since your mouth is drier and your jaw is moving less when you’re sleeping.  Using the trays over several weeks, with the One-Hour Whitening or by itself, can give you that white smile you’ve always wanted. 

The third category is, over-the-counter products.  These are cheaper than getting it done in a dental office, have a much lower concentration of whitening product and the trays don’t fit like the custom ones a dentist can make for your, but they will help whiten, although not as well as under professional supervision.  One more note, teeth that have a more yellow color,  will whiten faster than those they may be grey or tetracycline stained, which will require longer whitening time.