We get lots of snow in Edison. But after a day or two it usually isn’t its whitest. Is that kind of how you feel about your teeth? Cut your teeth some slack — it’s not easy staying white. Our tooth enamel is the hardest tissue of the entire human body, but it’s not superhuman. […]
Shelf space is the thing when it comes to a trip to your local Stop & Shop these days. Where there formerly was one type of Chips Ahoy, now there are like six. There once was a single Special K cereal; now you could get lost in their variety. The same is true for the […]
Like many items in the grocery store, toothpaste types seem to have exploded in recent years in the continuing goal of monopolizing shelf space. It used to be so simple — you looked for toothpaste with fluoride, and that was about it. Now, kinds of toothpaste promise to rebuild your enamel, to whiten your teeth, […]
Most people lump whitening and bleaching into the same category — simply making their teeth whiter. But at Gentle Dental, there is a difference between the two and it revolves around the end result. Products and procedures are categorized as “bleaching” if they can make the teeth whiter than their natural color. Bleaching usually involves […]
When your teeth are dulled, yellow, and stained, you can choose between professional teeth whitening in your dentist’s office or at-home whitening kits. Both use the same type of ingredients just in varying degrees. At home kits range from three percent peroxide content to 20 percent peroxide content, whereas professional solutions used at your dentist’s […]
If you have yellowed teeth and are trying to restore them to their original glory, why stop there? While there are many tooth whitening procedures out there, you could opt to bleach your teeth instead. Whitening takes the teeth back to their natural color, but bleaching goes above and beyond the call of duty. The […]