There are many ways to brighten your teeth yourself, but many people are more comfortable using a dentist teeth whitening system. Your dentist has access to the results of clinical trials, and can help you to decide what method will work the best for you. If you’re looking for a more drastic change than you can get from home whitening methods, your dentist has more effective products that are only available from dental offices.

Various factors help in determining how successful a given whitening product may be:

• You should have good oral health to start with.
• Darker stained teeth will be more dramatically altered.
• The length of time teeth remain very white depends on the individual.
• The way your dentist utilizes any system can affect the outcome.

If your dentist doesn’t normally do whitening, have him put you into contact with a dentist that specializes in tooth whitening. In this way, you’ll have the services of a dentist who is more skilled in whitening procedures.

When you are selecting a dentist for your tooth whitening, consider:

• How many methods the dentist can offer you
• How much experience he has in whitening teeth
• How many patients have come to him for teeth whitening
• How well his previous patients liked their results

After you find a well-qualified dentist, he’ll help you decide what system will work the best for you. The methods available to him will give you the maximum amount of whitening in the shortest time, and for this reason, these systems are quite popular.

There are a number of dental teeth whitening options available for your dentist to use.  The first is laser teeth whitening.  Then there are other professional bleaching applications including Zoom, Dash Teeth Whitening System, Sapphire Whitening System, LumaCool and many others. Zoom is a light activated bleaching process and is probably the most widely used by dentists.

When you visit a dentist to have your teeth whitened, your teeth may be polished beforehand, to remove the plaque that can exist on the surfaces of your teeth. The dentist will use gauze to help in keeping your teeth dry while they are being whitened. He may use a retractor to isolate areas that should not be exposed to the solution that will be whitening your teeth. You’ll also have a barrier on the gum line, to keep the whitening solution away from them.

After these preparations, your dentist will coat your teeth surfaces with the dentist teeth whitening agent. Then he will use a bleaching agent, and a laser or light may be used to heat and cure the solution. This activates the peroxide, and this solution will be left on your teeth for a half hour to an hour.

After your teeth have reached the shade that you desire, your teeth will be rinsed off, and you may have a fluoride treatment applied. This is helpful in easing any sensitivity you might otherwise experience after tooth whitening.

After your teeth are whitened, you’ll need to avoid any beverages and foods like red wine or coffee, or any other beverage or food that has high levels of color pigments. Follow this rule for 24 hours, so that your teeth enamel pores have a chance to close. Otherwise, you may risk new stains on your teeth, and you don’t want to lose your dazzling new smile.