Dental Services

Teeth Whitening

• Home/Tray Whitening - Hands down, one of the most reliable ways to get a truly bright smile is through tray bleaching. This is because YOU are the one in control. You get to decide how often you want to bleach, how white you’d like your teeth, and when you want to use it.
  What is tray bleaching? Like a custom athletic mouth-guard, we construct a thin, flexible, vacuum formed tray by taking impressions of your mouth. The actual teeth whitening is easy—use the trays anytime you have an hour. Bleach while on the computer, reading, watching TV or walking the dog. We provide you with a complete kit, as well as a follow up appointment to make sure you are getting results, without problems. If you indulge in smoking, drink a lot of coffee, tea, red wine, or eat foods that can stain your teeth, such as blueberries, cherries, etc, and notice stain collecting in the future you can purchase more from us at a nominal cost. As long as you own the trays, you can continue to whiten your teeth.
• In Office Teeth Whitening - For those that do not have the time or lifestyle to wear trays an hour at a time for 16-20 days, we offer in office teeth whitening. This entails a single 90 minute visit. The result is the same as tray whitening, but we do it for you in 90 minutes.
• Super Whitening - For people with darker than average discolorations, or those that want a super bright white smile a combination of in office and home/tray teeth whitening is the best choice. For some it may involve one in office whitening session followed by home/tray whitening.
  Some people have elected to follow this up with a second in office session. Some people with extremely dark developmental stains have seen success with an in office teeth whitening session followed by long term home/tray whitening. The way in which the in office and home/tray whitening are used, can be customized to your individual needs, to get you the result you seek.
  Regardless of which type of whitening is used, and the degree of change you achieve, maintaining the results will depend on your habits. The worst offenders for darkening teeth are smoking, red wine, coffee tea and colas. The more you can cut down on these the better, however since you are bound to indulge some, it is suggested to brush and/or rinse as soon after as you can. If you are in a setting where you can’t brush or even rinse, you can always take a sip of water, swish it around in your mouth and just swallow it.
  Whichever way you choose to lighten and brighten, our Schenectady dental office will be able to accommodate your needs.