Good Dental Teeth Care For Your Teeth

Using a good quality toothbrush and toothpaste can help keep your smile bright!

When we talk about dental teeth care many people think about that trip to the dentists every 6 months.  You DO go to the dentist regularly don’t you?  OK, may of us don’t because of the time involved or expense.  The second best way to protect your teeth is to follow a regular dental care regimen at home.  This would include not only brushing your teeth with a quality toothbrush but also using some type of dentifrice or toothpaste and regular use of dental floss.  Flossing is probably the least used but most effective way to clean areas of your teeth that cannot be reached with brushing alone.

In the late 1800′s, toothpaste and dental teeth care become a growth industry for many smaller companies.  We now know that these types of toothpastes or powders actually damaged teeth because of the abrasive nature of the ingredients.

By 1900, baking soda made it’s way into commercial toothpaste products along with a small amount of hydrogen peroxide solution.  This was probably the very beginnings of teeth whitening products for the mass market.  The Colgate & Company manufactured toothpaste in the first collapsible tube, similar to the tubes we use today.  Although tooth powders, a pre cursor product to toothpaste didn’t show up on the market until this time, it wasn’t until the mid 1950-1960 that modern toothpaste that we recognize became the teeth cleaner of choice.

Fluoride started to be added to toothpastes in the 1950 and 1960’s.  Toothpaste comes in a variety of flavors, with those marketed to kids! So for a good brushing, use a quality toothpaste and soft bristle brush.

Here four step procedure how is tray based teeth whitening technique done to the patient
1.         A whitening gel is poured all over a tray that just fits over the teeth of the patient.
2.         The active ingredient inside the gel, carbamide peroxide will be broken down sp that oxygen can enter the enamel to bleach the discolored areas.
3.         By this, the physical structure of each tooth is not actually transformed. Crowns, fillings, and Bonding will not lighten but the colored substances will.
4.         Casts or impressions of the tray are customized by dentists. The accuracy of the trays is critical to the treatment

How safe is the method?

Most dentists agree that tray bleaching or whitening is relatively safe, fast, provides easy ways to lighten teeth between two and five shades in a matter of few days.

How is this different from other professional whitening systems?
1.         BriteSmile (gas plasma light/light emitting diode)
2.         LaserSmile (a Biolase laser)
3.         LumaArch (halogen light)
4.         Rembrandt Sapphire (plasma arc light)
5.         Zoom! (metal halide light)

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