The whitening ( bleaching) is part of the practice of dentistry aesthetic elements designed to whiten and brighten teeth with discoloration of different types or just one color is not pleasing to the patient.

What kind of techniques can be used ?

There are three types of bleaching :

• Office - Bleaching , ie in the dental bleaching : In this case, a gel based on hydrogen peroxide is applied to the teeth , and the whitening efficacy of the gel is further enhanced with the use of a whitening lamp ultraviolet . The change is visible already after about an hour.

• Home - Bleaching , ie the home whitening : In this type of treatment the patient receives a device thin and flexible specially prepared for him , with whom he will perform the whitening at home by following our detailed instructions . In the apparatus is applied to a light gel that is effective during the night - it is a process which must be repeated several times.
  
  

Directions :

• Discoloration caused by age ;
• Discoloration from coffee, tea, cigarettes (not removable from hygienist) ;
• Discoloration caused by diseases of the body (tetracycline, fluorosis, ematoporfiria, discolored teeth without hypoplasia) .

Contraindications:

• Decayed teeth and / or fractured enamel ;
• Reconstructions inaccurate , hypersensitivity ;
• Patients who are pregnant ;

Useful Information:

• The effects of bleaching can not be stable and recur over time ;
• The degree of bleaching is not always predictable ;
• It may take several sessions .

Well Know: fillings, crowns (caps), bridges, and ceramics in general, can not be bleached, but only replaced.

Artident after experiencing any type of material and method for years now recommend home whitening for his character and predictability for its cost in optical annual booster.