Teeth Whitening Instructions
You can easily replace expensive dental teeth whitening treatments by whitening your teeth at home. Doing so will save you time, money, and multiple trips to the dentist. Although some people with sensitive teeth may experience increased sensitivity from teeth whitening processes, there little to no risk involved with do-it-yourself whitening kits or processes. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Healthy foods
- Whitening tooth paste
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Tooth brush
- At-Home whitening kit
Instructions
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Teeth Whitening Instructions: Natural Remedies
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Make and use a natural whitening toothpaste of your own. According to BeautyTipsOnline, you can make a natural whitening tooth paste by combining salt, hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and toothpaste. This will create a strong yet natural formula that will help rid your teeth of stains.
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Eat healthy foods. According to WebMD, certain foods rigger the saliva glands and can help remove stains from the teeth, thus making them whiter. These foods include pears, apples, carrots, strawberries and celery.
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Chew gum. WebMD also reveals that chewing sugarless gum may whiten your teeth, as it increases the amount of saliva in your mouth, which may help remove stains.
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Use baking soda and hydrogen peroxide for whiter teeth. According to BeautyTipsOnline, rinsing with hydrogen peroxide after you brush your teeth will naturally whiten teeth within a few weeks. Use baking soda on a wet toothbrush with or without toothpaste as another natural means of whitening teeth.
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Limit or avoid foods, substances and beverages that cause stains. According to WebMD, coffee, tobacco, fruit juices, dark sodas, tea, red wine, cranberry juice, grape juice, beets, blueberries, blackberries and sports drinks all can cause stains on the teeth. WebMD also recommends limiting the use of mouthwashes with the ingredients chlorhexidine and cetylpyridinium chloride. Medications such as tetracycline, antihistamines, antipsychotic and antihypertensive medicines can also stain teeth.
Teeth Whitening Instructions: At-Home Kits
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Get the ok from your dentist. In Good Housekeeping's article "Whiten Your Teeth at Home," New York City cosmetic dentist Jeff Golub-Evans recommends checking with your dentist prior to using a whitening product, although he also states that most individuals are prime candidates for the at-home treatment.
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Choose your whitening agent. There are many products on the market that whiten teeth, such as whitening strips, whitening trays and paint-on whitening products. According to Good Housekeeping, dentists promote trays and strips for at-home whitening because they allow the peroxide to sit on the teeth for the longest amount of time. Trays and strips also provide the most dramatic results; they can whiten your teeth more than five shades.
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Apply the whitening agent and follow the instructions listed on the product. Most products instruct you to use them for a certain amount of time for a certain number of days. For example, most whitening strips must be placed on the teeth for 30 minutes per day for best results.
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Tips & Warnings
If you have sensitive teeth, you may want to consider investing in a toothpaste or gel specifically formulated for sensitivity. Applying this prior to the whitening treatment will help reduce and may even eliminate any pain from sensitivity.
References
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