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0«Millions of people log into TikTok. They see my enchanting clip with a Hollywood smile, and I'm on top of the world!». Most beginner video bloggers think so. A 15-year-old teenager buy a whitening toothpaste and use it constantly to achieve impossible tooth shine.
The consequences can be guessed even without being Nostradamus. It does not matter whether the whitening effect of the paste is based on an abrasive or hydrogen peroxide. Careless use of this causes tooth enamel to degrade intensively. Yes, when it collapses to dentin, you can put new, beautiful, dazzling white zirconium crowns. But maybe the price is too expensive?
Let's look at history. «Nothing beautifies a woman like hydrogen peroxide» — this common phrase applies not only to transformations into blondes, but also to the transformation of an ordinary smile into a Hollywood one. If tooth enamel is dark by nature, no whitening toothpaste will make it lighten several tones evenly. Yes, there will be some effect. But, most of all, uneven.
The path to using hydrogen peroxide has been long. Even in ancient Rome, teeth were clarified with urine. Then people used chlorine, a weak solution of nitric acid and even potassium cyanide. Luckily, the principle of activation of hydrogen peroxide under the influence of temperature was discovered in 1918. This principle has been considered fundamental in modern dentistry for over 100 years.
Why does peroxide bleach? It is known that atomic oxygen tends to decolorize any material with which it contacts and reacts. The point is to isolate this atomic hydrogen. ЛThe easiest way to do this is by decomposing hydrogen peroxide with the formula H2O2 to H2O water and one oxygen atom O. The decomposition of peroxide is possible by heating or using cold light.
Heating is not good for teeth. Beyond, modern teeth whitening technology, uses a lamp with a combined light source. 8 LEDs + halogen lamp provide peroxide decomposition with minimal heating. Hydrogen peroxide is part of a special gel that the dentist applies to the patient’s teeth and activates by this lamp. Before the procedure, the dentist performs professional mechanical or ultrasonic cleaning of teeth. It is necessary to lighten not plaque, but the enamel itself.
Beyond technology provides:
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uniformity;
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safety for dental health and the patient as a whole (remember teeth whitening with potassium cyanide);
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lightening up to 8 tones;
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long-term effect due to enamel discoloration throughout the entire layer depth.
Remember: hair after bleaching with hydrogen peroxide can be dyed in any color, and this dyeing is practically not washed out. The situation is the same with the teeth: after bleaching, they become more susceptible to coloring effects for a while. Therefore, you shouldn't eat herring under a fur coat and cold borscht so beloved in the Baltic States immediately after teeth whitening. Limit the consumption of coloring food 2 weeks after the procedure. By the way, tobacco tar should also be eliminated — teeth will instantly turn yellow when smoking, which will negate the material costs for whitening and the dentist's work.
In addition, you should use a whitening paste to keep the whiteness, but not every day and not every one. А по специально разработанной схеме и специально подобранной пастой. The dentist will recommend a specific brand and dental care regimen.
Teeth whitening is serious matter. Contraindications:
· pregnancy and lactation;
· endocrine system diseases, in particular diabetes;
· oncology;
· severe deep caries.
Interestingly, cracks and other damage to the enamel are not a contraindication for the Beyond technology — the doctor selects the gel and modes of impact so as not to harm the patient. But you shouldn't wait for 8 tones whitening once with damaged enamel..
Make the right choice, take care of yourself and be healthy. Don't forget to come for a prophylactic check-up twice a year.