{"id":48,"date":"2016-02-02T20:46:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T20:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cerecuse.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2016-02-02T20:46:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T20:46:22","slug":"syracuse-dentist-offers-safe-effective-teeth-whitening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cerecuse.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/02\/syracuse-dentist-offers-safe-effective-teeth-whitening\/","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse dentist offers safe, effective teeth whitening"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SyracuseAge, smoking and diet change tooth enamel. To brighten smiles, Syracuse dentists at Creative Dental Concepts offer at-home and in-office teeth whitening.<\/p>\n

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While tooth color varies widely, stains from tobacco, food and other factors mar the great look Nature gives smiles. Your Syracuse dentists at Creative Dental Concepts of CNY deliver professional teeth whitening to brighten healthy smiles so patients feel confident in how they look.<\/p>\n

Why professional teeth whitening?<\/h3>\n

While drugstore whitening strips, toothpastes and rinses help tooth color to some extent,\u00a0 they are not as effective or as safe as porfessional teeth whitening with Drs. Craybas, Crumb and Giarrusso at Creative Dental Concepts. These Syracuse Dentists<\/a> carefully evaluate their cosmetic dentistry patients to determine if whitening is right for them. Ideally, patients are free from decay, mutiple porcelain or composite resin restorations and gum disease.<\/p>\n

Plus, professional teeth whitening gels are more concentrated than store-bought preparations. This means quicker and better results\u2014in fact, several shade of color improvement. In-office or at-home whitening also avoids much of the residual tooth and gum sensitivity common to over-the-counter products. Fully supervised, professional cosmetic whitening is very safe and produces few to no side effects.<\/p>\n

How teeth whitening with your Syracuse dentist works<\/h3>\n

The active ingredient in professional teeth whitening gels is hydrogen peroxide. Highly concentrated, this bleaching agent lifts out stains held deep in the mineral matrix called tooth enamel.<\/p>\n

Stains form when organic material\u2014food residues, tobacco, etc.\u2014become embedded in tooth enamel. Acids from what we eat and drink soften enamel so that it holds more discoloring material.<\/p>\n

The team at Creative Dental Concepts delivers whitening gel in 2 ways: swabbed on the patient\u2019s teeth while he or she relaxes in the dental chair, or via custom-made acrylic trays that conform tightly to the patient\u2019s top and bottom teeth.<\/p>\n

The in-office version takes about an hour. The dentist takes special care to protect the sensitive soft tissues of the mouth during this cosmetic treatment.\u00a0 After application, the gel seeps into the tooth enamel and powers out stains, leaving teeth whiter by several shades. A smile looks dramatically brighter by the time the patient leaves the office.<\/p>\n

The at-home version takes 4 to 6 applications of gel spread out over a prescribed time frame. The patient wears the filled trays for 2 to 4 hours per day. At-home whitening produces the same bright results as the in-office version, but\u00a0 more gradually.<\/p>\n

With both treatments, results last one to 5 years with occasional touch-ups. The dentist recommend:<\/p>\n