Teeth Whitening (Bleaching)

Your smile looks more beautiful when your teeth are sparkling white. But most of the time, many factors, such as aging, coffee, colas, tea and tobacco, leave unsightly dark stains on the teeth's enamel. Bleaching is an option to help restore your pearly white teeth.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• What causes tooth discoloration?

There are many factors that cause tooth discoloration.  The most common is the consumption of staining substances, e.g. coffee, tea, colas, tobacco;  trauma and old restorations, which are so called  the extrinsic factor.

Other factors as aging, nerve degeneration, tetracycline consumption during pre-natal tooth formation and excessive fluoride intake may also cause discolorations, are called the intrinsic factor.

• What is tooth whitening?

It is the dental bleaching process that lightens the  discolorations of enamel and dentin caused by some extrinsic or intrinsic factors.

Most of the time, discolorations caused by intrinsic factor are more stubborn.

• How does it work?

It is being utilized by Light Bleaching technique that whitens all of the teeth that show when you smile in a single office visit.

• How long does it take?

Depending on your individual shade and level of staining, these light activated teeth whitening treatments take between thirty to sixty minutes.

• Is the process safe?

Yes! It is considered the safest dental cosmetic procedure.

• How long do the results last?

Although your teeth will not go back to their original shade before they were bleached, depending upon your habits and oral hygiene, you may get some staining over time after the procedure is done.

 If all staining factors are inhibited, the results are meant to last for two to three years.