FACT: Teeth do not get stained overnight. It takes years for repeated color pigmentation from foods like berries and tomatoes as well as drinks like coffee, black tea, red wines and grape juices to turn your teeth dingy and dull.
FACT: Despite what the ads say, to restore natural teeth to their one time brilliance, you need to have more than a surface cleaning. Your tooth enamel is porous, so stains do not just sit on top, but seep deep below the surface.
Ever see an old porcelain sink with years of stains and rings? Scrubbing only scratches the surface and over time, the stains set in. The only way to get it clean is to either resurface the porcelain, or bleach soak it.
You have the same option with your teeth. Either you can spend megabucks on veneers or caps, or you can bleach soak them, professionally, in a formula only available at your dentist's office.
FACT: The percentage of hydrogen peroxide in most OTC tray whitening kits, strips and pens is les than 10%. If you dilute bleach down to 90% water and glycerin and 10% agent, how strong is that? You need at least 25-33% of hydrogen peroxide in contact with your teeth for at least a half hour to really get the set-in stains.
FACT: Hydrogen peroxide can irritate gums and make your teeth ultra-sensitive. So it would make sense to find a product that is not only strong but exposes your teeth in the least amount of time.
Lumibrite Chairside Whitening offers the solution in three methods that together you and your dentist decide is the best option.
The take home trays provide either 22% or 33% Carbamide formula. A unique, only fits your mouth snugly tray is molded from the resources in the kit and is performed by your dental staff professionals while you are in the dentist chair. It is very similar to getting a crown or cap molded. There is very little discomfort involved. Then, depending on your age and the types of staining, your dentist gives you the pre-filled syringes that you inject into this mold that you then snap onto your teeth securely so the top, back, fronts and even between the teeth are soaked. Unlike the "one size fit all, and therefore, no one" kits you buy retail, this is custom fitted for your mouth so it is snug and comfortable. The best thing - you only leave it on for 3-minutes a day. Do that for two weeks and your teeth come out sparkling white.
Your dentist may choose to have you undergo a more intense treatment in the chair with a 25% solution of hydrogen peroxide. But with Lumibrite Chairside Whitening, there are no trays. In a one time 1/2 hour visit, a dental dam is applied to your gums so the gel is directed where it is needs and doesn't ooze where it is not. You're your teeth are coated with a desensitizing gel. Finally, the bleaching agent is applied. Patented. Painless.
If your dentist feels it is necessary, the gentle Sapphire Supreme Light is put in place about 1/2 inch away from the front on your teeth. The safe, UV ray free light concentrate on the gel, not into anywhere else like you face or eyes. No special sunscreens or face masks needed.. The light serves as an agent to activate the power of the gel even more. The time is still just 30 minutes.
Each method is virtually pain free and easy on your mouth and gums.