Countless dental patients have achieved brighter grins with customized teeth whitening treatments from their dentists. Unlike store-bought whitening solutions, professional treatments use personalized dental trays and concentrated whitening agents to achieve remarkable results in brief timeframes. However, some patients will need more whitening sessions to achieve their desired results than others. Here’s a brief guide to how many treatments may be necessary to brighten your smile.
How Do Dentists Whiten Teeth?
Professional teeth whitening treatments come in two forms, and either of them can help you achieve significantly brighter teeth in short amounts of time. Your options include:
- In-office teeth whitening: Your dentist can brighten your grin with an in-office treatment that can be completed in about an hour. The procedure involves your dentist placing barriers in your mouth to protect your soft tissues before administering a few coats of whitening agent to your teeth. They’ll then treat your smile with an ultraviolet light to activate the brightening effect and send you on your way to enjoy your whitened grin.
- Take-home teeth whitening kits: These kits include customized dental trays and tubes of professional-grade whitening gel. You’ll only need to apply the gel to the trays and wear them over your teeth for about an hour daily for two weeks.
Either of these treatments can leave your teeth up to eight shades whiter. While you may experience some dental sensitivity afterward, this will be mild and can be managed with desensitizing toothpaste or by avoiding especially hot and cold foods and beverages.
How Many Teeth Whitening Treatments Will I Need?
While many patients will only need a single treatment to achieve their desired results, some may require several sessions for reasons like:
- Smoking: Tobacco use can leave especially stubborn stains on your teeth that require multiple whitening treatments to eliminate.
- Genetics: Some people’s teeth are naturally less white, which can make two or more whitening sessions necessary to achieve an ideal grin.
- Fading results: Many a patient has received additional teeth whitening treatments after the results of their last session began to wear off. This can be done as many times as needed.
Modern dentistry offers a wide range of ways to achieve a brighter grin. Consulting with your dentist can help you find the best way to achieve a gorgeously white smile.
About the Practice
Richland Dental offers the most excellent oral healthcare available in Richardson. Led by Drs. Siddharth and Mansi Talsania and Deep Parikh, the staff treats each patient with respect, courtesy, and compassion. Areas of expertise include general, restorative, emergency, and cosmetic dentistry such as teeth whitening. To schedule your consultation for teeth whitening, contact the office online or dial (972) 200-8006.