Teeth whitening; its easy peasy these days
If you want to have whiter teeth then now is a good time to have it done, there is a lot of choice and competition around so getting a bargain is easy. Try a home kit first off; it may just be what you need if your teeth are not too heavily stained by smoking and the excesses of good living. They are available from the internet and most chemist shops. You get everything you need which consists of a gum shield and a bleaching agent. You will first need to make a mould for your teeth, this is necessary for the bleaching mix to coat the teeth evenly and make them whiter. To do this you need to soften the shield as you will find it is quite hard, even though it is made of rubber. Take some boiling water and pour it into a bowl, then soak the shield for a few minutes, you then fish it out using a spoon and when it has cooled down a bit you bite into it. This will form a mould of your teeth, you then need to mix up the bleaching agent and pour some of it into the shield. Now place this on your teeth and bite down to make sure you spread the agent to cover the whole area of your teeth, you then wait a while in accordance with the instructions and take it off. Rinse your teeth to get off any excess and then rinse the mould for use later on. As long as you avoid colour staining foods and drink, along with smoking, you will have whiter teeth for around a year, you can repeat the treatment, but make sure of the sell by date of the bleaching agent. Another popular method at the other end of the money scale are veneers, they are like false nails that fix onto your teeth to cover the surface and give the impression of a healthy white tooth. They’re handy in that they can be used on one tooth, or a whole set. You will need to see a dentist for this method as they will have to take digital photos to enable an orthodontist to make the veneers, and shade them to blend in. They are cemented onto the tooth and last around 3-5 years. A thick version is available for patients that also need to cover up a misaligned, cracked or chipped tooth, these last around 10-15 years and both the thin and thick versions are replaceable.