Britesmile Malaysia -Teeth Whitening

It looks like Hollywood does sell,even though I do not condone that generally.I had a young lady who came to see me in my clinic and she wanted white teeth like Tyra Banks.Fortunately, I have heard of Miss Banks.She is obviously a famous Hollywood celebrity and has a set of gleaming white teeth to die for.

Another patient flashed her set of pearlies at me and asked me how white can I make them.”White?” I asked,”you mean like toilet-bowl white?”.That cracked her up and we had a good laugh together.

Tooth whitening is becoming more than a novelty nowadays.Everyone would like a set of nice and white teeth to flash when they smile.And the options are available to whiten ones teeth.Of course there are limitations.If you have tetracycline-stained teeth,the effect may not be as good because these are intrinsic stains.Whiteining gel bleach only the enamel.Which brings me to the next point.If you have fillings or crowns on your front teeth,they do not get bleached.So you may need to consider other options.

Our teeth will become yellowish from a natural aging process and also from differing lifestyles,like smoking,drinking coffee,tea,red wine etc.There is basically 2 types of teeth whitening.One is the take home tray,where you have custom-made tray with whitening gel in it to wear over your teeth for a number of hours a day.You may see some results after about 6 to 8 weeks of proper usage and usually the teeth will whiten by 1 or 2 shades.The other is done professionally in your dentist’s clinic and you get instant result in about 1 and a half hours and you get at least 5 or 6 shades whiter teeth.

This is the shade guide that I use.

I use the Britesmile Professional Whitening system in my clinic.After doing some research on my own,I realised that I wanted to use something safe above all things and it has to be fairly comfortable for my patients.The propriety gels used for whitening in the market contain between 15 to 37% of hydrogen peroxide.Naturally the higher the content,the faster the bleaching process is.However,we are talking long term effect here.I chose Britesmile because it uses a 15% peroxide gel but works excellently because the gel is activated by a cool,blue light which is shone on the teeth for three 20 minute sessions.Effectively,it is a 1 hour whitening process.The entire procedure usually takes about 1 and a half hours because I need to isolate(block out) the patient’s gums and lips before applying the whitening gel and activating it with the light.

This is the Britesmile machine.

I take a before and after picture with my Polaroid SLR-1200 along with the original tooth shade and the new shade at the end of the procedure.

My polaroid (on the right)

The results achieved have been very satisfactory and so far everyone who has gone through the procedure has been very pleased with the results they get.They go off with their own set of before and after polaroids and a whole list of dos and don’ts over the next 24 hours.

Next,I will talk about some FAQs .