byMichael Dyal

Are you a smoker? Do you drink a lot of coffee or tea? Do you like to eat foods that have a variety of spices in them? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you will find that over time your teeth will become discolored that no amount of brushing will get rid of it. The question you need to ask is, “What can you do to keep your teeth white?” The answer is you can look into Teeth Whitening in Lubbock, TX.

Dyal Family Dentistry recommends that patients consider a professional Teeth Whitening in Lubbock, TX procedure be performed just as soon as you start to notice any discoloration that your brushing doesn’t get rid of. What you want to do is first set up a dental appointment for a complete check-up. The dentist will want to make sure that you don’t have any cavities or the start of any kind of gum infection before they consider doing the whitening procedure.

Television currently is advertising a wide variety of teeth whitening kits. These do-it-yourself kits are supposed to get rid of stains on your teeth cheaply. A dentist will tell you that this is one of those “you get what your pay for” kind of things. These kits all have two major problems. First, because it is something that doesn’t require a prescription the whitening solution is much weaker than what a dentist has available for a professional whitening. The second problem is with the solution tray that these kits provide. A on-size-fits-all solution tray can cause problems of solution leakage, which can cause a variety of gum problems such as solution burning the tissue of your gums.

When you get a professional teeth whitening from a dentist, the dentist will first take a mold of your teeth. From that mold they will have a custom made whitening solution tray made for you. This tray will fit your teeth exactly and not let the whitening solution get onto your gums to cause problems. Also, a dentist will combine the solution treatment with the use of a dental laser to make sure that all discoloration and stains are completely removed. A professional whitening will last for at least one year. That means that stains and discoloration can’t even get a start on your teeth for at least a year and no whitening kit from a store can make that claim.