Every one desires a beautiful, glowing smile, spending time and money in order to achieve it. A perfect smile’s white glow can be achieved via a home whitening kit, or by visiting a Cincinnati area dentist.

Two common chemicals are used for teeth whitening, hydrogen peroxide and carbamide peroxide. Potency and strength are the major difference between the two. Hydrogen peroxide requires monitoring by a professional where at home kids utilize a more weakly concentrated carbamide gel product.

What causes stained teeth? The most common contributing factors are drinking of tea or coffee, tobacco use, or teeth grinding, but discoloration may still occur without those outside factors. Interior tooth coloration emerges with age, a genetic factor that cannot be changed, the result is known as intrinsic staining. Extrinsic staining comes from ingestion of staining products, genetic factors, and teeth grinding. Extrinsic and intrinsic staining can both be improved, but results depend on age and level of staining, but some intrinsic staining cannot be fully repaired, something a dentist will be able to discuss with their patient prior to treatment.

Luckily, Cincinnati dental patients will be able to see the process finished quickly, usually only fifteen or twenty minutes. The patient wears a mouth guard and a rubber dam for their gums. A peroxide gel is then applied to the teeth and shortly after, the whitening is done. An at home kid will be given to the patient for maintenance and for touch up work on trouble spots.

It is important to remember that the take home kits sold by dentists do not have the same strength as the hydrogen peroxide in dental offices. The take home kits hold a convenience, and lower price, but the results may not be the same as the patient desires.

The take home kits, however, generally produce desired results in about a week. The kits are unable to remove all intrinsic or deep stains, which can require a dentist to finish the process.