Want white teeth, but do not have the money to go to the dentist to get one of those expensive treatments? In fact, there are some pretty inexpensive ways you can go with at home teeth lightening, assuming you're careful and don't go'too far' so you ruin your enamel.
First, a visit to the dentist.
Simply practicing good cleanliness generally and making regular visits to the dentist are going to go a long way toward making the tooth whitening you do much more effective. In fact , if you don't take care of your teeth in the first place by practicing good hygiene and visiting the dentist regularly, you're not going to have teeth as white as you could anyhow. So make good cleanliness and a well-recognized acquaintance with your dentist part of your tooth lightening rituals.
that said , if you want to lighten your teeth 2 shades beyond their natural shade, or if you'd like to get rid of stains, there are a few safe ways you can do it.
2nd, using at home teeth lightening kits.
lightening kits available at the store have often been found to be safe and efficient for lightening teeth, and can mostly be used about twice yearly. You can pay a lot or a little , but generally, for a good run of the line over the counter kit such as those made by the major toothpaste manufacturers, you will pay between $26 and $30 for a 2 week treatment that promises to lighten your teeth by a couple of shades.
Should you use strips or paste application when using an at home teeth lightening kit?
As time has gone on, lightening kits became increasingly classy, such that now you can buy whitening kits where you simply put the strips on, and take them off after 30 minutes. There are also kits available where the strips melt completely away after you put them on, in your mouth, without your having to do anything else. It depends on your own personal choices and preferences as to which you wish to use, but the melting strips especially appear to do as good a job as the'remove them yourself' strips, and you do not have to worry about anything when you put them on.
One caution with the dissolvable strips is that you've got to get them on right the first time, because they will simply melt away under your fingertips if you don't - and they can be irritating to your gums, too. So if you don't think you're going to have luck with dissolvable strips, stick with the ones that you take off yourself after around half an hour.
Gel or paste applications as bought over the counter are usually not a good idea, because they contain molds that are not custom fit to you. You may use gel or paste applications for tooth lightening if you have got your dentist custom fit trays to you, but that is's of course rather a lot costlier than over-the-counter options. So stick with the strip or dissolvable strip options for tooth whitening if you're not going to have your dentist custom fit you with tooth lightening trays.
And finally, a little old skool advice is that you can simply use baking soda and peroxide, stirred into a paste. Brush it on your teeth just as you would toothpaste, and then wash your mouth with water ; you can use this up to once a day, taking care not to excessively irritate your gums. This is a tooth lightening cure that your great-grandmother used, to very good effect ; and it still works today. It does not make teeth that are naturally shabby whiter, but it does remove stains and can help teeth look brighter, so long as it's used regularly. The choice, naturally, is eventually yours. .
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