The tooth whitening – for your brightest smile
Several factors affect tooth color. They can be a natural (natural background color or tooth aging) or pathological origin (antibiotic exposure during the period of tooth formation). Also can the consumption of coffee, tea, tobacco, wine have a negative effect on the brightness of your teeth.
Bleaching, how the whitening of the tooth and of the dentin is being called is achieved by means of special preparations based on carbamide peroxide or hydrogen peroxide.
Before a whitening treatment nis being arranged a detailed diagnosis for the detection of oral health should be conducted. In this way, contraindications such as untreated caries, prosthetic insufficient supplied teeth, gum disease and enamel defects are excluded. Similarly, a professional dental cleaning should be performed to remove surface stains and enhance the effect of whitening products.
Fillings and crowns retain their color, so they may need to be corrected after a bleaching treatment for aesthetic reasons.