tak perlu berbelanja ribuan ringgit lagi untuk mendapatkan gigi putih! Bleaching or teeth whitening provides a conservative treatment for mild to moderately discoloured vital teeth or root filled teeth. It is a common procedure in general dentistry but most especially in the field of cosmetic dentistry. A child’s deciduous teeth are generally whiter than the adult teeth that follow. As a person ages the adult teeth often become darker due to changes in the mineral structure of the tooth, as the enamel becomes less porous. Teeth can also become stained by bacterial pigments, foodstuffs and tobacco. Certain antibiotic medications (like tetracycline) can also cause teeth stains or a reduction in the brilliance of the enamel. Vital bleaching
Bleaching treatment which is done on healthy teeth. There are few methods done for vital bleaching:
1)Non-professional home whitening
2)Professional home bleaching
3)‘In-office’ bleaching
1. Non-professional home whitening
There are many teeth whitening product sell over the counter in dental store/pharmacy or even online and is much more cost-effective than the in-office procedure: bleaching strips, bleaching pen (eg: BriteSmile To Go whitening pen), bleaching gel, or even whitening toothpaste. Traditionally, at-home whitening involves applying bleaching gel to the teeth using a standard guard trays. At-home whitening can also be done by applying small strips that go over the front teeth. Oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide are used in these products to lighten the shade of the tooth. The oxidizing agent penetrates the porosities in the rod-like crystal structure of enamel and oxidizes interprismatic stain deposits; over a period of time, the dentin layer, lying underneath the enamel, is also bleached. Whitening Pen
Home kit whitening system
In some whitening toothpastes contain small particles of silica, aluminum oxide, calcium carbonate, or calcium phosphate that used to grind off stains formed by colored molecules that have adsorbed onto the teeth from food. Unlike bleaches, these whitening toothpaste does not bleach or alter the intrinsic (internal) color of teeth. Whitening toothpaste
Whitening Toothpaste
We have BriteSmile To Go whitening pen
2. Professional home bleaching
Professional home bleaching system
For professional home bleaching (eg. Opalescence, Discuss), clinician/dentist have more control over the usage of the bleaching agent on patient. Usually patient’s teeth will be assess and the expected result should be agree before treatment started. Patient will be prescribed bleaching gel (in syringes) and a customized bleaching tray and he will be taught to used the product properly at home. Bleaching Tray
Bleaching gel is dispensed onto the tray and loaded into your mouth
Basically, patient has to clean his teeth before bleaching. Then, the bleaching agent has to be dispensed into the tray and wore it onto his teeth for 8 hours each day for several week (usually 2 weeks). After treatment, he has to brush his teeth again. He has to reduce or stop smoking and the ingestion of dark colored liquids like coffee, tea and red wine as these factors that decrease whitening. Home bleaching gel contains 10-15% carbamide peroxide. This agent cause less irritation to the gum because it can be contained just on the teeth surface with custom-made tray. Bleaching result is usually better than the ‘over the counter’ product. HOME BLEACHING TECHNIQUE
Take an alginate impression
Ask the laboratory to make a bleaching splint
Fit the splint, dispense the carbamide peroxide (10%), and give instructions
Advice 6-8 hours treatment per day
