I'm a natural redhead male, 20 years old, and I have braces. I get them off in about 6 months and am definitely wanting to have them whitened. I've been researching whitening procedures and am curious if I can even get the teeth shade I desire? My mom told me when I was younger that being a redhead, it's nearly impossible to have extremely white teeth and they'll always be a yellow shade. Is this true?
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Are you referring to your teeth or gums being bright white? If it is your teeth, then congratulations on a successful whitening procedure. If your gums are bright white some of the bleach leaked through the barrier during the whitening procedure and caused this. Not to worry as...
During the major course of whitening or right after that the patient should be careful with staining foods or drinks. Brown beans never seemed to be part of this risky group of foods. You should ask the dentist who prescribed you the bleaching.
OTC whitening systems are always weaker than any professional system. In professional systems you can choose between the in-office and home bleaching systems. Based on my professional experience I prefer and advocate for home bleaching. There are multiple reasons for that: it has less...