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Costs of Teeth Whitening

While you may brush, floss and rinse your mouth twice a day, every day, you still may have noticed that your teeth are beginning to yellow. This may be due to drinking coffee, tea or wine, or a variety of other reasons. Whatever the reasons may be, you may have an option to restore your teeth to the whiteness that they once had— teeth whitening Lone Tree colorado.

What Is Teeth Whitening?

Teeth whitening is a cosmetic dentistry procedure that involves the whitening of a patient’s teeth using a product with some form of teeth whitening solution. For professional teeth whitening, this is a bleaching solution that brightens the smile, and adjusts the shade of the patient’s teeth.

Benefits of Teeth Whitening

While teeth whitening is almost entirely a cosmetic procedure, it still has some excellent benefits. These include:

  • Boosted confidence.
  • The ability to smile without hiding your teeth or feeling self-conscious.
  • A more attractive smile.
  • A boost in self-esteem.

Whiter teeth can encourage you to smile more—boosting your mood and better expressing your positivity to others.

At-Home Teeth Whitening

There are two different types of professional non invasive whitening services—at-home and in-office. Both of these services come with their own advantages, disadvantages and costs. The more affordable option of the two is at-home whitening.

At-home whitening involves the patient using an at-home bleaching solution inside custom fit whitening trays that whitens the teeth over the span of a few days to a couple of weeks. This option can still provide the same level of whiteness as an in-office treatment, but the process takes longer days or weeks instead of hours. It is also important to realize that at-home treatment requires the patient to take responsibility for their own treatment. This means regularly using the whitening solution when prescribed by their dentist. For patients that have trouble keeping track of certain activities and often find that things slip their mind, at-home treatment may not be the best option.

Still, at-home whitening is generally only around $250- $500

In-Office Teeth Whitening

In-office whitening is an excellent solution for patients that would prefer to have whiter teeth within one treatment. Actually, using in-office whitening solutions like ZOOM!, BOOST, or KOR Whitening a patient can see a difference of up to ten shades whiter in as little as 45 minutes!

Still, in-office whitening comes with an additional cost, and is often around $500 to $1000.

Which Option Is Right for Me?

Ultimately, the decision of which type of whitening that you choose to go with will come down to how long you would like the procedure to take, how consistent you feel you will be with the process if you decide to do it on your own and what your budget is.

First, speak with your dentist about setting up a consultation to see if you are a good candidate for teeth whitening. They will check the enamel of your teeth to ensure that your teeth are strong enough to handle the procedure. From there, discuss which option would be most practical and affordable for your needs. Your dentist will help you to select the best option to ensure a whiter, brighter smile.

Baer Dental Designs in Lone Tree, CO is your choice for general and cosmetic dentistry. If you're interested in professional teeth whitening, contact us today.

If you're interested in reading more about teeth whitening, here's some information on over the counter whitening kits.