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A whiter smile is important to most everyone. With very few exceptions (namely the individuals who have invested in professional veneers or whose teeth are made of man-made materials), every patient who enters your practice should be interested in at least some type of treatment to get whiter teeth.
Why do teeth get grey and dingy?
There are a lot of ways that your teeth can become dull and dingy. Everyone who begins their day with coffee is causing their teeth to become stained. Another culprit is smoking, because cigarette smoke contains a high amount of tar that clings to your teeth and lungs. Fast food is another cause of dull, dingy teeth. Also, through aging, our teeth become duller, which means that virtually everyone will be a candidate for teeth whitening as some point in their lives.
If it could stain a white blouse, it’s also staining your teeth
It can be confusing to know which is the best treatment for bleaching teeth, but fortunately, most every current method for teeth whitening is at least generally effective and safe. The most appealing methods in this booming $300M industry are do-it-yourself bleaching trays, combined with professional strength whitening gel.
Offering whitening gel through your practice can bring you a continuing source of easy profits. A single 5ML syringe of 22% carbamide peroxide gel retails for $20 and can provide a full 7-10 days of whitening treatment. Combined with professionally made whitening trays, the high-strength gel can be used sparingly-clients should apply only enough gel to the tray to cover the front surface of the tooth. Usually only the front 6-8 teeth need whitening.
Most boil-n-bite home whitening kits produce clunky and cumbersome trays. A small investment in a set of custom fit trays can make all the difference in comfortable use and will make it much easier to maintain a regular practice of bleaching 2-3 times a week.
Smile Simple has offered an easy outsource solution of dentist-quality whitening trays that you can easily offer through any aesthetic or medical practice. In fact, by simply making Smile Simple kits available to your current patients, you could provide a welcome source of additional satisfaction to your clients, and with no additional equipment, staffing or training could add multiple thousands of dollars in additional profit to the practice you already have.
Is whitening for everyone?
With very few exceptions, yes! Strips, whitening trays and whitening toothpastes can all be effective for brightening the appearance of the smile.
For patients who are concerned about sensitive teeth, several issues are key: Strong bleaching products should be used for the shortest time possible to reduce sensitivity pain.
More than half of the bleaching process occurs within the first 15 minutes of whitening. An individual with sensitive teeth can make a huge impact by bleaching just 15 minutes a day for an initial period of 7-10 days; and can bleach just once a week or every other week to maintain results.
A custom set of whitening trays can help to ensure that the gel is touching only the front surface of the teeth-not the gums. Professional strength requires only a small amount of gel is needed to achieve an impressive result.
Shine Teeth Whitening offers custom teeth whitening services for medical spas, laser centers and cosmetic medical offices. Shine gives these medical spas and physicians the ability to provide custom teeth whitening services and products like teeth whitening kits and teeth whitening pens.
