Teeth Whitening: Q&A
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What is the Difference Between Teeth Whitening Toothpaste and Mouthwash?
Are they equally effective?
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Whitening Toothpaste and Mouthwash Help Maintain Your Smile
There are many whitening products on the market. If you have whitened or have cosmetic dentistry, there are toothpastes like SuperSmile Toothpaste that help maintain your dentistry. They work by preventing stain around the cosmetic margins of your dental work and I think they keep whitened teeth whiter. I do not think they are effective as your only cosmetic whitening treatment. Hope that helps.
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Whitening toothpastes & mouth rinses are not very effective
Unfortunately for the people looking for a quick and easy whitening treatment, whitening toothpastes and mouth rinses are not very effective. In order to whiten teeth, the "contact time" between the tooth and the whitening agent is critical. Simply brushing or rinsing teeth, even if for a few minutes, is not enough to achieve results.
If you were trying to bleach a dark shirt, you need to soak the shirt in bleach for a relatively long time.
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Teeth Whitening and Toothpaste
When talking aboujt teeth whitening, toothpastes are actually not vedry affective. What is actually happwning is the tooth paste has "pumice-like_ particles in them which help to remove stain on teeth. They actually do to whiten teeth as do professional bleaching agents. In my office at Ponte Vedra Dental, we only used American Dental Association approved products including bleaching products. Mouthrinses are typically the same as the toothpastes except there is...
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