Popularity of Teeth Whitening
Teeth Whitening Considerations
How Teeth Whitening Products Work
Types of Teeth Whitening Products
Professional Teeth Whitening Procedures
Custom Teeth Whitening Trays
How Custom Teeth Whitening Trays Are Made
Mixing Putty for Teeth Whitening Trays
How to Use Teeth Whitening Trays
Easy Teeth Whitening Products
Teeth Whitening Ampules
How Often to Whiten Teeth
How to Keep Teeth White
Using Power Toothbrushes & Toothpaste to Whiten Teeth
Teeth Whitening Gum & Dental Floss
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Summary: Teeth whiteners remove stains from the enamel on your tooth. Learn more about how whiteners draw stains out of tooth enamel from an oral hygienist in this free dental care video.
Evelyn Perreault, registered dental hygienist, has over twenty five years of clinical and educational experience in the oral care industry. Throughout her tenure, she has provided...read more
"If you were to take a look at your teeth underneath a microscope, the enamel of your tooth, even though it's the hardest substance in our bodies, it's still pretty porous. And what happens is that those porous areas are the ones that we are utilizing to whiten our teeth. So here's what happens. You have a very porous tooth structure and onto that tooth structure you put one of the whitening agents on there. Usually the whitening agents are made of a hydrogen peroxide or a carbamide peroxide. It's not really truly bleach as some people are led to believe. So it's a hydrogen peroxide, and when you put that up against the structure of the enamel, all of those porous areas, from those areas you're pulling and drawing stain out from the tooth. And so during that time that you are sitting with that whitening agent on teeth, you are actually pulling and drawing stain out. The longer period of time you're sitting with that whitener up against the tooth, the more whitening that is existing during that time. Also of course we need to consider the strength of the tooth whitener. Many of the tooth whiteners that you're purchasing in stores, the grocery stores and the supermarkets and department stores have a lower concentration of that peroxide. So it may take you longer to get to your results and you'll have to be a little bit more patient versus the in-office or in professional store whitening where you have a higher concentration of that peroxide. So you're getting much more whitening in a shorter period of time."
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