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Two paths to a brighter smile: professional whitening at Dr. Raffi General & Implant Dentistry
A brighter smile tends to read as younger, healthier, and more confident, but not every whitening method gets you there equally. Your dentist has access to the strongest, fastest, and safest options, and the gap between those and over-the-counter strips and trays is usually significant. Two professional routes are available at Dr. Raffi General & Implant Dentistry: in-office and take-home.
Both get covered in this video. About an hour covers in-office whitening: a special barrier protects your gums, professional-strength gel goes onto the enamel, and a specialized light often speeds the reaction along. You walk out with visibly whiter teeth that same day, and the brightness typically holds for months.
Take-home whitening relies on custom-fit trays built from impressions of your teeth, delivering the gel evenly across every tooth while keeping it off the gums, something one-size-fits-all drugstore trays can't reliably do. Each day, the trays go in for a prescribed stretch of time until the shade you want is reached.
How well results hold up depends on your natural tooth color, the kind of staining you're dealing with, and your habits going forward. Aging keeps happening regardless, but touch-ups and steering clear of heavy staining foods keep brightness going for the long haul. Ask about whitening at your next visit, or schedule a consultation to see what's realistic for you.
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