How Does Teeth Whitening Work?

Everyday habits including smoking, drinking coffee, tea or red wine, or eating highly coloured foods can leave your teeth stained and discoloured. These substances form a pellicle film over your tooth enamel and eventually they penetrate the enamel. This is real hcg for sale a problem because tooth enamel is slightly porous, so the stains cannot be removed during brushing or by having your teeth professionally cleaned, but they will respond to teeth whitening. A professional teeth whitening treatment uses bleaching agents that can penetrate the tooth enamel, causing a chemical reaction called oxidation that helps to remove even deep-seated stains.

Happy Rock Dental provides in-chair teeth whitening, a process that uses hydrogen peroxide to quickly brighten your teeth, lifting their colour by several shades during a single treatment. Alternatively, we can provide customised home whitening kits to comfortably whiten your teeth over one to two weeks. These include whitening trays made to fit exactly over your teeth and which are simply filled with carbamide peroxide, which is a very stable form of hydrogen peroxide and is suitable for home use.