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We have select­ed the most effec­tive and afford­able prod­ucts that, when used cor­rect­ly, will not harm the enam­el and will allow you to achieve the desired shade. It is impor­tant to remem­ber that an exam­i­na­tion by a den­tist is a must before using any teeth whiten­ing sys­tem. Only an indi­vid­ual selec­tion of whiten­ing agents will allow the smile to be snow-white and at the same time will not impair the qual­i­ty of the teeth.

Top 5 effective teeth whitening products

1. Whitening strips

The most pop­u­lar are: RIGEL, Crest 3D White Supreme Flex­Fit, Bright Light Amaz­ing Effects, Blend-a-med 3DWhite Luxe

Teeth whiten­ing strips can be gen­tle action, stan­dard, enhanced action and for fix­ing the effect. Most of them con­tain hydro­gen per­ox­ide, which, turn­ing into atom­ic oxy­gen, pro­motes the break­down of pig­ments. There are also whiten­ing strips with acti­vat­ed char­coal, coconut oil and cit­ric acid. They are more gen­tle on enam­el and are suit­able for sen­si­tive teeth. It is worth not­ing that some fea­tures of the enam­el will not allow you to achieve the desired light­en­ing, so a pre­lim­i­nary con­sul­ta­tion with a den­tist is impor­tant.

Pros and cons

2. Whitening toothpastes

Most com­mon­ly used: ROCS Sen­sa­tion­al Whiten­ing, Laca­lut White, Pres­i­DENT PROFI PLUS White Plus, SPLAT Spe­cial Extreme White, Laca­lut White & Repair.

All whiten­ing tooth­pastes can be divid­ed into two groups:

• Con­tain­ing abra­sive, pol­ish­ing par­ti­cles

For these pastes, an impor­tant indi­ca­tor is the coef­fi­cient of abra­sion. For per­ma­nent use with min­i­mal trau­ma to the enam­el, it is rec­om­mend­ed to pur­chase prod­ucts with a coef­fi­cient of no more than 80. A high­er indi­ca­tor is able to remove plaque, soft den­tal deposits, but you can use it no more than 2 times a week.

• Con­tain­ing car­bamide per­ox­ide.

The mech­a­nism of oper­a­tion of these agents is that upon con­tact with sali­va, car­bamide per­ox­ide releas­es active oxy­gen, which, through oxida­tive process­es, whitens tooth enam­el.

Pros and cons

3. Whitening gels

The most pop­u­lar are: Plus White Whiten­ing Boost­er, Col­gate Sim­ply White, ROCS Med­ical Min­er­als Sen­si­tive, Lux­u­ry white pro

Teeth whiten­ing gels con­tain hydro­gen per­ox­ide, which light­ens pig­ments in enam­el. Since the direct effect of the sub­stance is aggres­sive, the gels con­tain addi­tion­al com­po­nents. There are sev­er­al ways to use whiten­ing gels:

• while brush­ing your teeth with a tooth­brush;
• using a spe­cial brush;
• with the use of indi­vid­ual caps (a plas­tic prod­uct worn on the teeth; the tight­est fit of the active gel to the teeth is ensured);
• using spe­cial lamps that acti­vate the gel.

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Top 10 teeth whiten­ing pen­cils

Caps are of three types:

1. Stan­dard — stan­dard-shaped pads with gel on the upper and low­er jaw. A fair­ly inex­pen­sive option, but does not allow you to achieve a snug fit.
2. Ther­mo­plas­tic — made from heat-resis­tant plas­tic. Before use, they must be dipped in boil­ing water. This will allow the plas­tic to fit snug­ly against the teeth. Also, this option is more com­fort­able to wear than stan­dard mouth­guards.
3. Indi­vid­ual — are made in the den­tal clin­ic for each patient sep­a­rate­ly.

The con­cen­tra­tion of the active sub­stance in a spe­cial gel can be dif­fer­ent: from 4% to 45%. The high­er the con­cen­tra­tion, the short­er the expo­sure time.

Pros and cons

4. Whitening pencils

The most pop­u­lar are: Lux­u­ry White PRO, Bright White, ROCS, GLOBAL WHITE, Amaz­ing White Teeth Whiten­ing Pen, ICEBERG Pro­fes­sion­al Whiten­ing.

The main sub­stance of any pen­cil is hydro­gen per­ox­ide or car­bamide per­ox­ide. When inter­act­ing with sali­va and oxy­gen, atom­ic oxy­gen is released, which bright­ens the enam­el pig­ments. Addi­tion­al­ly, whiten­ing pen­cils con­tain fra­grances that make breath fresh. To achieve a sta­ble vis­i­ble result, a course of 10–14 days is required.

Pros and cons

5. Tooth powders

The most com­mon­ly used are: Fudo Kagaku Bino­to­mo egg­plant, Avan­ta “Spe­cial”, Smo­ca Green Mint and Euca­lyp­tus, Sibe­ri­na “Strength­en­ing” Tooth Eco-Pow­der.

The basis of any tooth pow­der is chem­i­cal­ly pre­cip­i­tat­ed chalk (98–99%). The remain­ing 2% are fra­grances and var­i­ous addi­tives (sea salt, clay, essen­tial oils). Due to the high abra­sive­ness, the pow­ders are used no more than 2 times a week. On oth­er days, it is rec­om­mend­ed to use reg­u­lar tooth­pastes. Do not expect obvi­ous whiten­ing from pow­ders from the first appli­ca­tion.

Pros and cons

How to choose a teeth whitening product

Cur­rent­ly, there are a large num­ber of teeth whiten­ing prod­ucts on the mar­ket. Light­en­ing by sev­er­al tones in a very short peri­od of time always looks the most attrac­tive. It is impor­tant to remem­ber that the faster the vis­i­ble effect occurs, the more aggres­sive sub­stances are in the com­po­si­tion. There­fore, we list the main points that will allow you to choose the safest teeth whiten­ing prod­ucts:

• funds are sold in pro­fes­sion­al stores and are intend­ed specif­i­cal­ly for home use;
• it is bet­ter to choose prepa­ra­tions for sen­si­tive teeth, as they con­tain few­er aggres­sive sub­stances;
• the course should be from 14 days, and the expo­sure time should be at least 15 min­utes;
• care­ful­ly study the com­po­si­tion and find the con­cen­tra­tion of sub­stances;
• home whiten­ing pro­ce­dures should be car­ried out no more than once a year;
• to give up smok­ing.

Only after con­sult­ing a den­tist and select­ing indi­vid­ual whiten­ing prod­ucts, you can be sure of the safe­ty and effec­tive­ness of the cho­sen meth­ods.

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Why are ultra­son­ic tooth­brush­es bet­ter than con­ven­tion­al ones?

Popular questions and answers

We dis­cussed impor­tant issues relat­ed to the use of whiten­ing strips with den­tist Tatiana Igna­to­va.