Teeth whitening is basically the dental procedure undergone to regain one’s natural tooth shade or making it more white beyond his or her natural shades. Apart from treatment, foods that might cause stains in tooth, like coffee, tea smoking or chewing tobacco should be avoided to get as well as maintain a whiter teeth. A whitened teeth is essentially achieved by undergoing with some dental process like “bleaching” or “polishing”.

It is therefore utterly important for you to have a list of the to-dos in your knowledge so far as maintaining a whiter teeth is concerned. Avoid the following, in order to retain a whiter teeth:

In order to remove stains dentist uses chemical that reacts in between the layers of teeth where stains generally occur.

Hydrogen peroxide is the generally used chemical at dental offices to give you those pearly whites! This is an active material which reacts and causes oxidation and helps breaking the stained compounds.

Dentists generally deject the use of teeth whitening toothpastes available over-the-counter (OTC) because it may destroy teeth sensitivity.

Whitening can be undergone in both ways - using at-home techniques like whitening gels (available over the counter) or whitening trays & a professional in-office dental whitening.

Firstly, note that there are a number of differences between an in-office and an at-home whitening treatment. You should know them in order to arrive upon the right decision for yourself! Usually an in-office treatment is far more recommended than the OTC available products that are used at home. Why so? The important reasons are as follows -