Tag Archive for ‘Teeth Whitening’
Is Your Teeth Whitening System Making Your Teeth Whiter?
Commercial teeth whitening products have grown exponentially over the last 20 years. The market has grown so much that even toothpastes want a piece of the action. If you’d walked down the toothpaste aisle at Wal-Mart 20 years ago, you’d have noticed that “Tartar Control” were the two big buzzwords. Nowadays, “Whitening” seems to be [...]
Does At-Home Teeth Whitening Really Whiten Your Teeth?
A few months ago, one of my patients asked me if the whitening products that you can buy from the store actually whiten your teeth. She wasn’t too excited about the expensive price that our dental school charges for a custom bleaching tray and professional-strength bleach. She was looking for a cheaper alternative. There’s nothing [...]
Teeth Whitening: Two Side Effects of Whitening Your Teeth
Did you know that more than half of all people who bleach their teeth end up with sensitive teeth as a result? It seems like people are willing to go through a lot just to get whiter teeth. In this article, I’m going to talk about the two main side effects of whitening your teeth: [...]
Discolored Teeth: 4 Ways Root Canals Can Stain Your Tooth
Last week, Pam left a comment asking whether or not root canal treatment can darken a tooth. I gave her a short answer, telling her that sometimes root canals can discolor teeth. If you want to know about the four different ways that a root canal can darken your tooth, this article is for you. [...]
A Full List of Dental Products with the ADA Seal
Not many people are aware that the American Dental Association keeps an updated list on their website of all of the dental products that have received the ADA Seal of Acceptance. You can view and print the entire list of ADA Accepted dental products here in PDF format. When people think of the ADA Seal, [...]
Dark Tooth: Why Your Child Has a Discolored Tooth
If you have kids, you know that they can get themselves into a lot of interesting accidents. Many times when kids get a head injury they knock out a tooth. Other times, they simply hit the tooth really hard and injure it. It has been estimated that 8-30% of kids under 7 suffer an accident [...]
Teeth Whitening and Teeth Bleaching: The Difference
When our permanent teeth first come into our mouths, they are nice and white. Not quite as white as our baby teeth were, but they are still a respectable shade of white. Over time, as we eat different foods our teeth begin to lose their bright white luster. Eventually our teeth’s enamel, the outermost layer [...]
The Differences Between Baby Teeth and Permanent Teeth
Have you ever noticed that baby teeth look like they’re whiter than adult teeth? Or maybe you knocked out a baby tooth when you were a child, but when you had a similar accident when you were older, your permanent tooth got chipped rather than getting knocked out. The two scenarios above can be explained [...]
Toothpaste Ingredients: The 10 Main Ingredients In Toothpaste
Ever since antifreeze chemicals were discovered in toothpaste produced in China several years ago, people have been increasingly concerned about the ingredients found in toothpaste. Luckily, anti-freeze is not found in toothpaste sold in the United States as it is illegal. Toothpaste consists of several different ingredients that leave our teeth feeling fresh and clean. [...]
Dental Fluorosis: Too Much Fluoride Stains Teeth
Dental fluorosis happens when children swallow too much fluoride before their teeth have finished forming (usually before age 8.) It was actually dental fluorosis that led researchers to eventually find that small amounts of fluoride can be beneficial for the teeth. Dental fluorosis can range in severity from mild to severe. The mild form appears [...]
Tetracycline Tooth Staining: Its Cause, Prevention & Treatment
I want to thank Dr. James R. Donley, DDS for kindly allowing me to use his photos in the article below. When I was a little boy, I remember seeing my brother in the bathroom trying to bleach his teeth. He tried many different formulations of bleaching agents to try to remove the staining on [...]
Teeth Whitening Scam Company Sells Defective Teeth Whitening Gel
Today, I watched a news report about a teeth whitening scam company called White Overnight. The news report was able to uncover some interesting facts about what this company does. I have embedded the news report below, at the end of this article. Here’s some of the things that the Channel 2 News special investigative [...]
A Teeth Whitening Scam Company is Facing a Lawsuit
You’ve probably seen their advertisements online. If not, I put some examples to the left. They all go by different names, like Everbrite, Celebrity Smile, Celebrity White Smile, Dentasmile MD, Idol White, Clean Whites, and many more. However, they have one thing in common. They lure the customer in with a “Free Teeth Whitening Trial.” [...]
Six Reasons Why You Should Visit Your Dentist Before Trying to Whiten Your Teeth
Everyone wants white teeth. Let’s face it, a beautiful smile makes almost everyone more attractive! But before you call the number on the latest infomercial at visit the teeth whitening kiosk at your local mall, you may want to visit your dentist. Here are six reasons why: 1. You may have dental problems that you [...]
Why Teeth Whitening Toothpaste Isn’t Making Your Teeth Any Whiter
Many people buy so-called “Teeth Whitening” toothpaste hoping to get whiter teeth. For many people, these toothpastes do not provide whiter teeth. Is this a form of false advertising? Actually, it’s not. The confusion lies in the definition of teeth whitening. Teeth whitening in its strictest sense means to whiten the teeth to their natural [...]
Yes, the $3 Online Tooth Whitening Trial Offer is a Scam
Lately, it seems as if half of the advertisements on major news websites are advertising a cheap or free tooth whitening trial. A lot of these offers sound too good to be true. In response to a question posed to me by a reader, I decided to look into these offers that claim to charge [...]
Hi, I'm Tom. I'm currently a 4th year dental student in the USA. I started this blog to help people take better care of their teeth. You can 
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