Last week, we fielded a question from Ivy in Brisbane, Australia, who was asking about having Lumineers to cover her teeth stains. Here is a follow-up comment from her and a question:
Thank you so much for your time. You have truly provided me with the most valuable information thus far.
Yes,the shape of my teeth I am happy with. By conventional bleaching I mean take home trays from my dentist using Night White bleach.
However, I experience sensitivity, (I m only able to use this for 1-1.5 hrs at a time) and am not happy with the shade of white achievable.
Any recommendations as to how I can achieve a whiter smile?
- Ivy from Brisbane, Australia
Ivy,
There are two ways for you to get better results with your teeth bleaching.
One would be to find a dentist who knows how to deal with the sensitivity issue.
I checked websites of cosmetic dentists in Brisbane, to try to find someone who knows what they are doing, and of the first few I looked at, I was most impressed with Dr. —–. I don’t know about his artistic skill, and there are some procedures that he is advocating that give mediocre smile makeovers, but he seems to at least be knowledgeable, by the memberships he maintains and where he has trained. There are ways to deal with this sensitivity issue – different bleaching gels, pre-treating the teeth to make them less sensitive, etc. That is one route.
The other would be to just work around your sensitivity. If you can wear the tray with the gel for 1 to 1 1/2 hours at a time, that really isn’t that bad. And what you would do would be to just keep on going. The longer you go, the whiter your teeth will get. If you have the persistence to stay with it, I’d keep doing that for a month or two – whatever you need to do until your teeth are the whiteness you want. I’d suggest overshooting the mark by a little bit, because there is a little relapse that occurs in the first week after you stop bleaching.
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