TEETH WHITENING
The color of the teeth is personal, a bit 'like the color of skin, each has its own, and it is never pure white as the white porcelain. The "white natural teeth incorporates subtle nuances in tones of yellow and gray, sometimes the brown or reddish, more or less pronounced, increasing in intensity from the edge of the free gingival collar of each tooth. The canines, among others, have usually a deeper color than others. Contrary to what you may think it is that determines the color of the enamel of the teeth. In fact, it does not have its own color, is translucent, from his surface reflected the color of the underlying dentin. Over time, however, may stain the enamel pigments absorb from food and beverages, while the dentin tends to thicken for affixing this continues into the inner chamber in the crown of the teeth. This means that with the aging teeth darken and lose their original brilliance.
The current progress of cosmetic dentistry help restore the tooth color to white and the brightness of a time you can even get to get a white a little 'unnatural', such as porcelain, devoid of shades of color. In reality, everyone can choose the intensity of discoloration da raggiungere perché la capacità di sbiancamento dei prodotti professionali dipende dalla concentrazione del principio attivo e dal tempo di permanenza a contatto dei denti, così come si può scegliere il tempo di esposizione alle radiazioni solari per raggiungere la desiderata tonalità di abbronzatura. Alcune persone richiedono proprio il colore “bianco porcellana” perché desiderano far apparire i loro denti più bianchi possibile.
Tecniche professionali e metodi "fai da te".
Esistono tecniche professionali di sbiancamento dei denti e metodi “ fai da te ”.Tra i vantaggi delle prime ci sono:
- Garanzia di raggiungere il più elevato sbiancamento possibile
- Un minimo impegno di tempo e pazienza per un massimo risultato
- Assoluta salvaguardia da spiacevoli effetti indesiderati come eccessiva sensibilità termica e irritazione gengivale.
L'apparente vantaggio dei secondi è nel costo, ovviamente più basso rispetto alle più efficaci tecniche professionali. Infatti i potenti prodotti utilizzati in un ciclo di trattamento sbiancante professionale richiedono per il loro utilizzo conoscenze ed esperienza e hanno un costo di base molto più alto rispetto ai prodotti fai da te reperibili nelle farmacie e nei grandi magazzini.
L'efficacia più bassa di questi ultimi fa sì che dopo ripetute applicazioni, ritenute di solito un po' inconvenient by users, can produce limited effects and that the return to its previous state be soon.
professional tooth whitening home / studio
With the methods of professional whitening using bleaching agents with a high percentage of active ingredient, is capable of changing the color of the teeth is genetically determined, what mother nature gave us birth and the changes that affected the enamel over time by absorbing pigments from its organic components. Plus professional techniques are able to operate even positive changes in complex cases in which the coloring of teeth has been altered by the recruitment of tetracycline or excessive fluoride, or from congenital causes.
The most advanced professional techniques, carried out under the supervision of the dentist, can be made at home "whitening home, or in the studio, also called chairside whitening.
home teeth whitening
For home treatment, your dentist, after a preliminary pelvic examination to exclude contraindications such as caries and gingivitis, special delivery to the patient's own soft silicone masks, reproducing the exact shape of the arches, not impinge on the gum, in which must be filled by a fair amount of gel with a high percentage of active ingredient, before applying to the teeth. With the use of the most effective you can get the whitening effect with an application time significantly reduced. You no longer need to wear masks all night for several weeks but on average just half an hour of application per day for 5 / 6 days.
teeth whitening studio
To study treatment using hydrogen peroxide with a high percentage, around 35%, Vented or photoactivated. In this case, once protected the gums, applies a viscous gel on the teeth and is exposed in the light of special lamps to accelerate the penetration effect of the substance contained in the whitening gel and the breaking of bonds within the molecules of pigment. The latest technique, called Beyond, is able to produce the whitening effect after only half an hour's application to the chair, the "Power Bleaching" so popular in the United States and known to many to have seen George Clooney in the film sottoporvisi "Before I'll marry you and then you ruin."
Where to whiten your teeth by a darker color may be appropriate to repeat the procedure in the studio once or twice, or associate chair treatment to home treatment.
Risks Treatment of tooth whitening
The risks of the professional well-executed are practically nil, and the hypersensitivity that gingival irritation, potential side effects, cancel out in strict protocols set out, and anyway, should they occur are generally minimal and transient.
A careful study revealed the safety of whitening treatments performed with a peroxide-based products for the hard tissues of teeth, both in terms of fair use is in cases of excessive use. The measurements before and after bleaching treatment showed no effect on surface hardness of enamel, and even changes in prism surface and subsurface structure.
This evidence confirms what is in the consciousness of Dental experts say that the whitening treatments are safe, fast and effective, when operated according to their requirements, with their techniques and under their supervision.
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by dr. Umberto Molini
Surgeon - Specialist in Dentistry
