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There’s something about a big smile. Especially a big smile that shows beautiful white teeth. A bright white smile says “healthy,” and admit it, people with beautiful white teeth somehow even look happier. A whiter smile can make a person more confident and outgoing in social situations. Unfortunately, most of us don’t have the whitest smile that we could. Years of drinking dark-colored beverages such as coffee, tea, soda, and red wine, smoking, and aging take their toll on the color of tooth enamel. The great news is that today anyone can have a dazzling white smile.

Teeth whitening has become the most common form of cosmetic dentistry performed. It’s a straightforward and fairly inexpensive way to significantly improve your smile. There are several ways to whiten your teeth, depending on the amount of money you want to spend and your patience level. You can choose from tooth whitening gels and whitening toothpaste, bleaching strips, bleaching gel with a fitted mouth tray, or laser teeth whitening. Laser teeth whitening is sometimes called in-office bleaching. Of all these different types of alternatives, laser teeth whitening is the fastest way to a white smile, it’s also the most expensive. A one-hour teeth whitening session generally runs up to $600 or more.

Laser teeth whitening is considered the top of the line treatment, is time- saving procedure. It takes about one hour. The dentist applies a bleach solvent containing hydrogen peroxide to the teeth. Hydrogen peroxide is found in all teeth whitening products. The higher the amount of hydrogen peroxide, the faster the tooth whitening will take place. Once the bleach is on the teeth, the teeth are subjected to a light source, usually a laser. This laser activates the hydrogen peroxide. This application is left on your teeth for twenty minutes. This process is then repeated two more times before you are done.

The results you receive from any tooth whitening system will fade over time, about a year. But it can last longer if you avoid dark-colored drinks and smoking.