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If you want to brighten your smile, it’s always best to do so under the supervision of a cosmetic dentist. As Dr. Chris Catalano in Kentfield explains, over-the-counter products can only do so much, and the concentrations may be harmful to your smile. Our precise treatment creates safer, more comfortable, and longer-lasting results.
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Tooth whitening is another really
simple, cool innovation
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with the use of just a simple
HydrEpoxy gel
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to bubble out stains
and make your teeth lighter.
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In the over-the-counter market,
there are so many products
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that our patients are using.
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We do caution patients
on some of those products.
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Some of the toothpaste,
especially, are very abrasive,
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and they can cause a lot of sensitivity.
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We don't recommend
them on a daily basis.
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We usually recommend a softer,
more gentle toothpaste,
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and then use those every once in a while.
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Patients come in
and they've never done any whitening.
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Usually, it involves a process
of basically bubbling out the stains
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from within their enamel
and light layers of the dentin.
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We use a technique where we just use...
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It's the traditional gel tray,
and they place a gel in it,
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and then they wear that for anywhere
from 1–2 hours,
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and they wear consecutive nights
to bump up the color of their teeth.
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If you're going from an initial darker
color, it takes a while to get there.
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It might take two or three weeks
to get a lighter, brighter color,
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but it usually holds up.
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I mean, I would say most of our patients,
they might touch up once a year
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just to bring the color back.
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But it usually, once they've gotten
to the color they like,
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and that's a nice thing
when you do it in these trays,
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the gel surrounds the tooth,
it lightens the whole tooth,
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and they can go at the level they want.
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They can either go Hollywood white,
if they can, or they can go natural white.
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But it holds up really well.
