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My Dentist Just Gave Me a Take Home Tooth Whitening Kit That Has 35% Carbamide Peroxide in It. Teeth Turned BRIGHT White- Why?

dspieseMar 14, 2012
My Dentist just gave me a take home whitening kit that has 35% Carbamide Peroxide in it. (I just had my teeth cleaned yesterday) I put the tray in and within a minute only the gingiva between 23 and 24 turned BRIGHT white. I've whitened and have even had Zoom done before, but this has never happened to me..

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