Laser Teeth Whitening in 4 Questions
Teeth whitening İs the process of lightening the color of the teeth, which is applied primarily as a medical indication and also aesthetically.
Bleaching can be used in various diseases such as medical indication tetracycline discoloration and fluorosis. Aesthetically, bleaching can be done to improve the psychology of the patient in very serious dark-toned teeth. It is possible to perform the bleaching process with several techniques, depending on the patient’s condition and the course of the case. It can be recycled in the bleaching process. So this process may need to be repeated every few years.
It is our smile that makes us feel noticed and makes us happy. What makes our smile effective is our teeth. With yellowed teeth, we don’t even want to talk, let alone laugh.
In order to have white teeth that will enable us to speak and laugh freely, we must brush our teeth regularly. Cigarettes, tea, coffee, cola are important factors that cause our teeth to turn yellow and we need to stay away from them in order to keep our teeth white.
Although we pay the utmost attention to our teeth, the color may still not be as white as we want. Generally, this problem is observed in previously used tetracycline group antibiotics, degeneration of the nerves in our teeth, old coatings or yellowing due to aging.
No matter how much we brush yellowed teeth, it is difficult to achieve the whiteness we want. At this point, the support of a specialist physician is needed. There are different methods that we can whiten our teeth under the control of hospitadent dentists.
Clinical Teeth Whitening (Office Bleaching)
Clinical teeth whitening, as the name suggests, is a whitening process applied directly by the dentist in the clinic. In Office Bleahing, which is applied to your teeth by using blue light and whitening gel under the control of a dentist, the teeth can be opened a few shades at the end of the procedure and can maintain their effectiveness for a long time.After this application is completed in our centers, our patients are offered cigarettes, coffee, red wine, etc. We recommend that you stay away from coloring agents. In order for the teeth to maintain the same whiteness, the use of daily plaques used at home may also be needed. Otherwise, your teeth may change color again over time and with the color given by the substances remaining in the mouth.
Laser Teeth Whitening (Professional Whitening)
Laser, which is the product of modern technology, allows us to easily achieve successful results in many different treatments in the field of medicine and is an important tool in teeth whitening. If the dentist’s recommendations are followed in the application of laser teeth whitening, the teeth will maintain their whiteness for a long time.
About Teeth Whitening
Teeth whitening can be performed under the control of a dentist. It should be noted that this procedure should be carried out under the supervision of a physician and in accordance with his directions.
Problems can be experienced in applications performed without determining whether there is caries in the teeth and sensitivity to this process in the mouth. In order for the Teeth Whitening Application to be successful, first of all, tartar cleaning must be done by the dentist.
Prosthesis, aesthetic filling, etc. in the mouth of the patient. If there are applications, the applied bleaching process will not be effective on these teeth and the prosthesis or aesthetic filling treatment must be renewed after bleaching in order to achieve the same color tone.
In order to have white teeth that will enable us to speak and laugh freely, we must brush our teeth regularly. Cigarettes, tea, coffee, cola are important factors that cause our teeth to turn yellow and we need to stay away from them in order to keep our teeth white
Will there be any harm?
Whitening applications performed under the control of a dentist do not harm the health of your teeth.
Today, different methods are applied for teeth whitening. We recommend you to whiten your teeth in a way that will not harm your teeth. Many of the whitening products on the market now whiten our teeth by burning them just like bleach. We recommend that you stay away from such products. Because over time, these products will start to damage your healthy teeth. Before using commercially available teeth whitening products, we recommend that you consult a dentist with experience in this area.
In dentistry, teeth are collected in 4 different color groups; White, yellow, gray and brown. If your teeth are in the yellow teeth group in terms of their main color, they can be lightened up to two upper levels in the shades of yellow tooth color in the color scale. In order for us to give you more detailed information on this subject, our dentist should see your teeth and evaluate them according to the color scale.
Fatih Hospital
Chief Physician Dt. Ayça TENLI KURT
