{"id":263,"date":"2020-01-14T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2020-02-11T14:33:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T14:33:53","slug":"how-does-teeth-whitening-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/14\/how-does-teeth-whitening-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Teeth Whitening Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/whitesmile-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"woman pointing to her white smile\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/whitesmile-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/whitesmile-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/whitesmile-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/whitesmile-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/whitesmile-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Your teeth\nhave been yellowish for years now. You\u2019ve tried multiple store-bought options,\nfrom whitening toothpastes to bleaching gels to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/teeth-whitening.html\">whitening kits<\/a>,\nbut none of them seem to produce the long-lasting results you want. Fortunately,\nthere is a solution that is all but guaranteed to work \u2013 professional teeth\nwhitening in Newark. These take-home trays, coupled with a powerful bleaching\ngel, can help you achieve the bright smile you\u2019ve always wanted. Keep reading\nbelow to learn just how they work and how they can help you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Reasons Teeth Become Discolored <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your pearly\nwhites might be stained for a multitude of reasons, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Consuming\nstaining foods and drinks like wine, coffee, tea, berries, and richly pigmented\nsauces. A good rule of thumb is that if it will stain a white shirt, it will\nstain your tooth enamel! <\/li><li>Taking\nthe antibiotic tetracycline while your permanent teeth are developing. <\/li><li>Ingesting\ntoo much fluoride as a child. <\/li><li>Poor\noral hygiene that leads to accelerated wear and tear of the enamel. <\/li><li>The\nnatural aging process which leads to thinner enamel, exposing the underlying yellowish\nlayer of dentin. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Take-Home Teeth Whitening Works <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For the\nfirst step of the professional whitening process, your dentist in Newark will\ntake impressions of your teeth and use them to design customized trays that\nwill fit quite snugly over your teeth. Your dentist will then send you home\nwith a bleaching gel much more potent than anything you can find at your local\ndrugstore. Place some of the gel inside the trays and wear them for a prescribed\namount of time each day, usually half an hour or so. You should start to see\nresults you can be proud of after just a couple of weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How You Can Maintain Your Results <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since you\u2019ve\njust invested in having a brighter smile, you don\u2019t want your results to fade\naway and your teeth to become discolored again. There are a few steps you can\ntake to ensure that doesn\u2019t happen, like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Avoiding\nconsuming too many staining foods and drinks <\/li><li>Using\na straw to drink staining liquids so that the drink bypasses the fronts of your\nteeth <\/li><li>Quitting\nsmoking, as it can discolor your teeth <\/li><li>Touching\nup with your whitening treatment every once in a while <\/li><li>Brushing\nyour teeth twice a day with whitening toothpaste <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you\nunderstand how teeth whitening works, why not schedule an appointment with your\ndentist to get your smile shining bright? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Author <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/meet-dr-ganfield.html\">Dr. Timothy\nGanfield<\/a> graduated magna cum laude from Temple University\u2019s dental school. His\nprofessional affiliations include the American Dental Association, the Delaware\nState Dental Society, and the University of Delaware Health Services. He\nregularly pursues continuing education every year to stay abreast of the latest\ntechniques that modern dentistry has to offer. His practice, White Clay Dental,\nalso offers take-home whitening kits to brighten up your smile. To schedule an\nappointment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteclaydental.com\/contact-us.html\">click\nhere<\/a> to visit his website. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your teeth have been yellowish for years now. You\u2019ve tried multiple store-bought options, from whitening toothpastes to bleaching gels to whitening kits, but none of them seem to produce the long-lasting results you want. Fortunately, there is a solution that is all but guaranteed to work \u2013 professional teeth whitening in Newark. 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