If you find yourself wanting to whiten your teeth merely days after you’ve bleached them, you may be teetering towards an actual obsessive condition. Bleachorexics are people who aren’t content with the idea of their teeth ever being less white than they are immediately after a whitening procedure. Unfortunately,exposing your teeth to that much bleaching has the potential to severely harm your dental health. Highland Park cosmetic dentist, Dr. Brent Engelberg, is always happy to consult with patients regarding teeth whitening, but will insist upon a certain amount of time between treatments for your own oral health.
The Chemicals in Teeth Whitening
To attain the amazing results from teeth whitening, chemicals are applied to the surfaces of your teeth. This can be a slowly sustained exposure such as at-home teeth whitening, or a fast bleaching scenario where Dr. Engelberg exposes your teeth to laser light in the office. Because stains on teeth are generally due to the pigments from coffee, tea, tobacco, and various dark colored foods and drinks, no whitening will last a life time. Natural aging also brings about dulling on your smile. Though you may feel great about the way your smile looks following teeth whitening, it’s very important that you take time in between to allow your teeth and gums to have a break.
Too Much Bleach
There are ways to avoid quick restaining after whitening your teeth. Make a list of the habits which have stained your teeth, and consider avoiding them. Maybe this is the time that you finally quit smoking, or give up coffee. If you rely on teeth whitening to control your stains instead of preventing yellowing through lifestyle changes, you are likely to experience irritation. Bleaching gels and other whitening kits contain chemicals that can harm your gums and teeth with too much exposure. The sensitivity may result from enamel erosion, which is a depletion of the protective outer layer of your smile. Once enamel is compromised, the nerves inside teeth are exposed and you can end up with chronic sensitivity to extreme hot, cold, sweet, or sour foods.
Teeth Whitening from Highland Park Cosmetic Dentist
Dr. Engelberg offers both in-office professional bleaching, and at-home bleaching maintenance kits. With Dr. Engelberg’s expertise, you should be able to obtain a bright, white smile without the issues of overdoing it. You can reach our 60035 dentist office at 847-259-8030. We are happy to serve patients in Northbrook, Deerfield, Highland Park, Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe, Vernon Hills, Lincolnshire, Libertyville, Skokie, Evanston, Palatine, Schaumburg, Elk Grove Village, Rolling Meadows, Northwest Chicago Suburbs, and Northern Chicago Suburbs.
