Teeth stains can form on your smile due to various factors, including our meals or tobacco use. Instead of trying to hide your smile or rely on less-than-stellar store-bought whitening options, consider seeing our team. In today’s blog, your Ankeny, IA, dentist talks about how we remove teeth stains with professional teeth whitening so your smile can be brightened by several shades.
The Causes of Stained Teeth
Teeth stains could occur due to beverages with dark pigments, such as coffee, soda, tea, and red wine. Foods high in sugar and starch could promote plaque and tartar buildup that makes stains more visible. Tobacco use could be a factor too. As part of the treatment process, we will examine your smile to assess the cause and severity of your discoloration. We can then choose which of our teeth whitening treatments is right for you!
The In-Office Teeth Whitening Approach
If you need results fast, then you should consider our in-office teeth whitening treatment. This could offer results quickly before a wedding, job interview, or even a first date. Our team will provide a protective covering for your lips and gums and then apply a powerful bleaching gel to the surfaces of your teeth. We activate the gel with a light, which begins breaking up the discoloration. We may repeat the process as needed. For most, this provides a much brighter smile in as little as one to two hours!
How We Brighten Smiles From Home
For more severe discoloration, we may suggest our take-home teeth whitening kit. With this option you visit our office briefly, so we can take impressions of your bite and create a set of custom plastic trays, which fit snugly over your teeth. We then send these plastic trays with you, along with several plastic syringes of bleaching gel. When you get home, you add gel to the trays and wear them for the amount of time we recommend, which is usually about an hour a day, but could be overnight as well.
The trays ensure the results are even across your smile, and prevent saliva from diluting results. The total treatment time could take a week to ten days, and for some, teeth could be up to eight shades brighter. You can then keep the trays and any remaining gel should you need touch-ups in the months to come.
If you have any questions about how we brighten smiles with our teeth whitening treatments, or if you want to schedule a visit, then contact our team today!
Dental Impressions Provide Professional Cosmetic Treatment
Our team wants to help you enjoy results that brighten smiles by several shades. To schedule your appointment and remove unsightly teeth stains, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
