Teeth Whitening in Newtown, Connecticut

Why Aren’t My Teeth Whiter?

Your teeth can become dull or discolored for a number of reasons, including:

• Bad at-home care
• Consuming food or drinks with dark pigments, like coffee, red wine, or soda
• Smoking cigarettes or chewing tobacco
• Early exposure to tetracycline or doxycycline antibiotics
• Certain medications

Age can sometimes be a factor, as the hard, outer enamel of your teeth gets thinner over time, which gradually exposes the soft, inner dentin, which gets more yellow as you get older. And genetics can play a role as well, since some people are genetically predisposed to have thinner enamel.

Take-home Whitening

Take-home whitening is a great way to improve your smile from the luxury of your own home. Your dentist makes custom bleaching trays from an impression of your smile. You fill the trays with a professional-grade bleaching solution and wear them for about an hour a day for a few weeks until your teeth reach your desired shade of white. Whichever whitening process you end up choosing, your dentist at Diamond Dental first gives you an oral exam to make sure your discoloration isn’t the result of a dental condition that needs to be treated. If you’re suffering from a particular dental concern, your dentist needs to get your smile healthy before bleaching it.