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Is teeth whitening new?

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Within many centuries teeth were bleached by various oxidizers. In 1877 Chappel has described bleaching teeth with an acid, and bleaching of a teeth by peroxide of hydrogen is described in 1884. Harmlessness of the basic chemical agents is confirmed more than 700 international clauses published since 1945. For last 10 years in America the most widespread method of bleaching is at home bleaching. This method was spent more than to 10 million to patients as a result of whom desirable results have been received.

Teeth Whitening Methods

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Thanks to coffee, tea, aerated water and wine: teeths enamel loses its initial whitenning. But, fortunately, there are fast, effective and painless ways of bleaching of the teeth.

Naturally there are three basic colors of teeth enamel - yellow, yellow-white, blue-white and brown, - more than twenty. Many reasons can influence the color of the teeth: the frequent use of staining substances like (coffee, tea, soft drinks), smoking, a trauma of the tooth and natural ageing. Simple cleaning of the teeth is not enough to remove stains and improve color.

Modern teeth whitening technologies enable one to regain a whiter smile. If the natural color of your teeth seems to too dark – several methods are available for whiteing bleaching of the teeth - now a very popular and safe teeth whitening procedure.

Bleaching or whitening now can be done by several methods:

Chemical - by means of chemically active substances.
Mechanically – with application of tooth-pastes.
Photobleaching or laser bleaching of a teeth.

The basis of professional bleaching is the use of firm gel which is activated by a special device. The activation occurs when the laser activates the whiteing gel.

Professional teeth whitening system like ZOOM – the new system created by DISCUS DENTAL – the leader in development of new technologies in bleaching teeth. The major advantage of this technique is that it allows to bleach all the teeth for one hour and to change color on average of 8 (more often 10-12) shades ligher. Before the procedure the dentist isolates soft fabrics of thr oral cavity. Gel is put on the surface of the teeth, then the teeth are shined with a Halogen light. It gets through the enamel and splits a pigment on colorless components. The result of bleaching is visible at once! After procedure the
teeth become covered by special preparations with mineral substances for prevention of occurrence of the raised sensitivity of a teeth which in rare cases can arise after bleaching a teeth.

Now bleaching systems like ZOOM became more perfect by using Amorphous phosphate of calcium. Amorphous phosphate of calcium fills defects and scratchs on enamel of thr teeth, and at once crystallizes, forming insoluble apatite (a structural component of enamel of a teeth). Therefore permeability of enamel decreases, sensitivity of a teeth considerably decreases, protection against caries is provided. As a result bleaching ZOOM became safe, more comfortable.

On the move In road, in thecar, after meal and on work you can use a special bleaching pencil. It is very convenient, as can always be near at hand. Only it is necessary to hold a smile (that is to not cover a teeth with lips) while bleaching means will not dry up: first, for lips it is not useful, and secondly, “bleach” will be erased, not having had time to work. Do not wait for strong changes in colour a teeth. Similar means bleach a teeth for a short while and only on 1-2 tones.