Teeth Whitening – Williamstown, NJ
Make Your Smile Whiter and Brighter
A smile is a simple way to say hello. To show confidence. To invite other people to speak with you. According to researchers at the University of California at Berkley, smiling more can even boost your physical health and increase your lifespan. Unfortunately, many people don’t share their smiles often because they’re unhappy with the way they look. When it comes to smile flaws, the number one complaint is the color. It seems everyone wants a whiter smile.
At iSmile Dental Arts in Williamstown, we are happy to offer both in-office Zoom! teeth whitening and professional take-home whitening kits. With professional teeth whitening, you know you’ll achieve the results you’re after. Call our Williamstown dental office to schedule a cosmetic dentistry consultation today. We’ll evaluate your smile and help you find the right teeth whitening option or recommend other cosmetic dentistry solutions that will deliver the results you’re after.
Why Choose iSmile Dental Arts
for Teeth Whitening?
- Powerful Bleaching Solutions Not Found in Stores
- Achieve a Brighter Smile in a Single Appointment
- Highly Personalized Kits for Take-Home Whitening
Causes of Dental Staining
There are numerous reasons why teeth become stained or discolored. By understanding the cause of tooth staining, we can partner with patients to undo the damage, delivering brilliantly white smiles. Some of the most common causes of tooth discoloration include:
- Consuming darkly colored foods and drinks – anything that could stain a white shirt will stain your teeth
- Excessive enamel wear due to using severely abrasive toothpastes, hard bristled toothbrushes, or grinding and clenching teeth
- Aging and daily wear and tear reveals the underlying dentin layer of the tooth, making the smile appear yellow
- Fluorosis makes brighter white patches on the surfaces of teeth, and it is caused by the overconsumption of fluoride during dental development
- Taking medications that contain tetracycline during dental development can cause dark colored staining on teeth
How Does Professional Teeth Whitening Work?
When teeth are stained, like stains on any other fabric, they need to be clean. If you know anything about stain removal, you know it takes chemistry. To lift stains off the surfaces of your teeth, you need to create a chemical reaction. Professional teeth whitening kits utilize hydrogen or carbamide peroxide to create a chemical reaction called oxidation. If you’ve ever put peroxide on a scrape or cut, you’ve seen the very literal results of this chemical process – oxygen bubbles. On your teeth, this bubbling effect allows the peroxide to penetrate the porous layers of tooth enamel and gently lift away stains.
Unfortunately, you can’t use just any peroxide or application method because the body doesn’t want oxidation to occur, so saliva immediately sets to work trying to neutralize the peroxide. That’s why the majority of store-bought whitening kits are ineffective. A professional teeth whitening treatment offers predictable results by preventing saliva from neutralizing the whitening agent.
Our Teeth Whitening Options
At your local grocery store, you’re sure to find shelves of teeth whitening toothpastes, strips, and gels. However, if you want a safe, predictable way to brighten your smile, professional teeth whitening in Williamstown, NJ is the way to go. We offer two types of professional-grade teeth whitening solutions that can be done either in office or at home, so you can achieve a dazzling smile in a way that works best for you!
In-Office Teeth Whitening with Zoom!
The Zoom! teeth whitening process is relatively simple. First, we need to determine the color of your teeth. We use a shading chart to do this. Then, we need to protect your oral soft tissue (like your gums and the inside of your cheeks) from the potential damage the whitening solutions can cause. This will also prevent saliva from accessing and neutralizing the whitening agent. To do this, we use protective coatings and rubber barriers.
Then, we apply the teeth whitening gel. The thing that sets the Zoom! brand apart from other teeth whitening options is the use of an acceleration and activation light. We focus this light over the whitening gel, and your teeth brighten quickly. Every twenty minutes, we’ll remove the whitening gel and test your results against the tooth shading chart to see the progress. Most patients achieve their desired teeth whitening results within an hour of starting treatment.
Professional Tale-Home Teeth Whitening Kits
Zoom! take-home teeth whitening kits can deliver the same results as possible with in-office teeth whitening over the course of several weeks of daily applications at home. Unlike store-bought teeth whitening kits that use low doses of whitening gel and one size fits all application trays, the Zoom! teeth whitening kit is personalized to meet your unique needs. That includes providing a specified dose of professional grade whitening gel and an application tray customized to your smile.
If you choose to use our take-home option of Zoom! whitening, we will start by taking impressions of your smile to develop custom-made whitening trays. This allows for the most even and effective application of our professional-grade whitening gel. After receiving your at-home kit, you’ll simply apply your whitening gel to your trays for about 30 minutes a day. Then, after a few weeks of repetition, you will start to notice beautiful results.
In addition to our regular whitening treatment, these take-home kits can also be used for touchup treatments after professional whitening. This makes it easy for patients to maintain beautiful smiles without even coming into our dental office.
Benefits of Professional Teeth Whitening
With numerous teeth whitening solutions available online, over the counter, and at your local pharmacy or grocery store, you may be wondering what makes our treatments better. Our patients rely on professional whitening services over store-bought ones for several important reasons:
- Reliable and predictable results: A brighter smile is the main benefit of teeth whitening, but when you choose to invest in a professional teeth whitening solution, you know you’ll see the results you want.
- Noticeably whiter teeth: Store-bought teeth whitening solutions promise dramatic whitening results that they can’t typically deliver because of the low doses of active whitening agent and the ineffective application methods. These don’t allow the whitener to remain effective for long enough to deliver the desired results.
- Safety & comfort: Teeth whitening from a professional will also ensure that you do not experience gum tissue damage or tooth sensitivity that can happen with unsupervised store-bought teeth whitening treatments.
- Saving time, money, and peace of mind: For most people, using store bought teeth whitening kits has little to no effect, but patients can spend weeks, months, or years not to mention dollars invested in treatment, trying out different whitening products. Save yourself the time and money and invest in safe, effective, professional teeth whitening solutions.
Are you ready to achieve the whiter, brighter teeth that will help you feel confident about your smile again? Give us a call to schedule your consultation today!
