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Icon teeth resin infiltration
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Icon teeth resin infiltration
$300
For as long as i can remember i’ve had those white spots on my front teeth. They’ve always bothered me a lot. After braces they seemed to be a bit worse, but the one main big one has really been there before. After my braces i got a retainer, and had to wear it every night. With that I discovered that wearing it made my spots significantly less bright. If i forgot it for a night, i’d wake up to bright spots on my teeth. Really made a huge difference. Spots seem to be impacted by exposure to air. I sleep with my mouth wide open, so it makes sense. Anyways, after lots of research i discovered icon. I wanted an alternative to the more expensive options, and something that didn’t REQUIRE you to have maintenance/redone after X amount of years. My dentist explained that the results weren’t guaranteed. Still, I shelled 300$ after reading all the scientific articles about it on my school’s library website lol.
It is now at least 6 months later so I feel comfortable writing a review, hoping it helps someone.
I’ll include pictures.
The price was explained this way to me: about 80$ for the product and 200$ something as dentist’s fees. It took 1 hour sharp. The dentist did the max amount of rounds allowed on me since it was pretty ‘severe’ spots. He didn’t use that sort of blue plastic/protector in my mouth like i’ve seen in videos on youtube. He told me not to swallow, and I was a bit worried at first because it felt very chemical but i had no irritation or anything happening later except from it being a bit uncomfortable in the moment.
Picture 1 : morning before, slept withoutmy retainer to have the ‘true’ natural appearance of my stains. As you can see, the 4 upper front teeth are affected.
Picture 2: right after, 3 of the 4 teeth have no stains anymore. He biggest main one is still visible but greatly reduced.
Picture 3: results now.
At first I was a mix of excited and disappointed. Excited because i DID work, which it wasn’t guaranteed to. It worked quite well, but i had subconscious high hopes & dreams apparently. The results now are only a bit better than when i was using my retainer, but they are. And the fact that i can skip my retainer is awesome because it was getting annoying. I suggest anyone with this giving retainers i try though, it’s an instant cheap way to deal with it. Wear it for 2 nights to see the full results, at least that’s what worked for me.
Conclusion is that it got rid of about 1/2 of my spots& greatly reduced the appearance/brightness. The main con to this is that it changd the texture of my teeth. I’m not sure if this is something that can be fixed because i haven’t reached out to my dentist about it. My teeth don’t feel as smooth as the others. It feels matted and dry, even a bit rough, as if there’s some dirt on it. I was really upset about it at first but now i just got used to it. Definitely going to mention it next time i visit the dentist though.
It is now at least 6 months later so I feel comfortable writing a review, hoping it helps someone.
I’ll include pictures.
The price was explained this way to me: about 80$ for the product and 200$ something as dentist’s fees. It took 1 hour sharp. The dentist did the max amount of rounds allowed on me since it was pretty ‘severe’ spots. He didn’t use that sort of blue plastic/protector in my mouth like i’ve seen in videos on youtube. He told me not to swallow, and I was a bit worried at first because it felt very chemical but i had no irritation or anything happening later except from it being a bit uncomfortable in the moment.
Picture 1 : morning before, slept withoutmy retainer to have the ‘true’ natural appearance of my stains. As you can see, the 4 upper front teeth are affected.
Picture 2: right after, 3 of the 4 teeth have no stains anymore. He biggest main one is still visible but greatly reduced.
Picture 3: results now.
At first I was a mix of excited and disappointed. Excited because i DID work, which it wasn’t guaranteed to. It worked quite well, but i had subconscious high hopes & dreams apparently. The results now are only a bit better than when i was using my retainer, but they are. And the fact that i can skip my retainer is awesome because it was getting annoying. I suggest anyone with this giving retainers i try though, it’s an instant cheap way to deal with it. Wear it for 2 nights to see the full results, at least that’s what worked for me.
Conclusion is that it got rid of about 1/2 of my spots& greatly reduced the appearance/brightness. The main con to this is that it changd the texture of my teeth. I’m not sure if this is something that can be fixed because i haven’t reached out to my dentist about it. My teeth don’t feel as smooth as the others. It feels matted and dry, even a bit rough, as if there’s some dirt on it. I was really upset about it at first but now i just got used to it. Definitely going to mention it next time i visit the dentist though.
Replies (4)
So I see you say picture 1, 2, and 3 but there are no pictures here....
I had the icon treatment done a couple months ago and it completely ruined my two front teeth.
I couldn’t find any reviews from patients positive or negative going into it. And I was nervous and considered canceling before hand. And man do I wish I did.
The treatment itself was fine. Got zinged once or twice in my nerves from the “light sanding” that was done to open my teeth to the material.
As soon as they handed me the mirror the only thing I could see was the dark line at the bottom of my teeth. My dentist assured me they were just dehydrated and would come back. Did they? No. As I got to my car I also noticed I had a divet in the tooth that had a white spot on it. Apparently she just sanded most of it away. So now I had a hole in my tooth as well as dark brown bands at the bottom. Not really an improvement in my book.
My teeth also hurt like crazy for about a month. I didn’t sleep either out of constantly being worried about what happened. The dentist didn’t put anything over my gums to protect them from the harsh chemicals. I had intermittent nerve pain.
I finally figured out it was hunks of the clear infiltrant that we’re stuck in my gums. Felt like knives. I got a lot out and then had the dentist really get in there to chip off the rest. After a few more weeks the pain did finally go away completely.
We had waited a couple months after hoping the color would return and it didn’t. But I still had that giant divet in my tooth anyways.
So we needed up having to put bonding on both my front teeth to cover up the dark line as well as fill the hole.
The dark line BTW was actually transparency. You could just see straight through the bottoms of my teeth. Could see my tongue or other teeth through them.
Anyways, this product is not for everyone and I ruined my two front teeth for life. Now I have to manage these composites, watch what I eat so they don’t stain and pay hundreds of dollars to get them replaced every few years.
I’d think long and hard about if they looked worse, is it worth it to not have those white spots?
Wow, that is such a horrible experience! I'm sorry it happened this way. I wouldn't do it again either, in retrospect now like maybe 2 years later. My dentist didn't sand my teeth at all from what i remember. I'm thinking that your dentist didn't do it properly. I had no sensitivity or darker band, but now my white spots are fully re-appeared. It was 300$ down the drain. But I knew that this might not be permanent, it's a risk i took. I hope that your sensitivity had disappeared completely and as for the darker area, maybe remineralizing toothpaste?
I have very negative experience with Icon too. I don't know, maybe my dentist didn't do it properly (even though she seemed to be very experienced with it), but my gums were literally burned. The treatment caused some gum recession too, leaving my teeth super sensitive and painful. I definitely wouldn't recommend, I'd rather have my white spots back, but normal gums and no pain when eating and drinking. The result is just not worth it.
Thanks for sharing your detailed review! Please do keep us posted on any further treatments you opt to have.