 Hello everybody. How are you? Happy Sunday. Andrea Mayesky here with Dental Tutoring. So the past couple weeks I have been looking into this new whitening toothpaste and by when I say looking into it I mean I've been asking a lot of questions. I've been doing my own research like literally looking up the ingredients, looking up what's so special about it, why is everybody talking about it, what the heck. I've been asking myself well people just probably love it so much because they're the ones selling it and that's what they're being paid to say and that's just the type of person I am. Like anytime we have a lunch and learn for Sonicare or will be just any dental type product I'm skeptical. I am. I ask a lot of questions. I am that person where everybody else in the lunchroom kind of goes Andrea you can stop asking questions now you're embarrassing us but that's just the type of person I am and I get very impressed when the rep is able to be honest with me when they're able to answer my questions and when they you know don't get kind of like oh I've never been asked that question before I don't really know you know so I get impressed when somebody knows their stuff and they're truthful. So let's talk about this whitening toothpaste that everybody's been talking about. I'm sure you've seen it on social media, on Pinterest, on Facebook just like everywhere right. It doesn't matter if you're in Canada, the States it's literally everywhere. I think I've been noticing it I'm trying to think now for at least a couple months and I took more attention to it when I started noticing hygiene actually and assisting friends of mine who were promoting it so to speak right. I kind of thought okay so I actually know these people and they love this toothpaste so now I got to try it right. So I was able to get a tube and I will tell you guys about it late about that later on but let me first talk about the toothpaste so it's called AP 24 by New Skin so actually sorry let me share my screen because I did have something to kind of show you guys darn where'd it go so if I can find it there it is so I wanted to kind of show you guys a picture actually because I'm the type of person to where I like to see pictures so I just kind of uploaded the tube on my PowerPoint here so this is what the tube looks like and you might be seeing a lot of these before and after photos on Facebook so once again I'm skeptical so when I see these before and after photos I think okay that doesn't mean that they're not using different lighting that they're different people that they'd use you know different types of like Photoshop because these days any app you have on your phone there's you can somehow just make it look better you can make any picture look better so yes I saw these and I didn't really think too much of it I thought yeah whatever right but again when I knew two other hygienists and one assistant who was actually using it who loves it that kind of got me thinking a little bit more and then when I saw their posts specifically and then I saw the people that they know commenting saying that they've also tried it and they love it that had me thinking even more like okay so they know people their neighbors you know friends co-workers all love it too and I I know that person so I know that they're being truthful so I started asking them questions now this toothpaste it could contain the fluoride or not so there's two different types I always always tell people with any toothpaste make sure to add it in okay so make sure it does contain fluoride okay so I lost my train of thought there for a second but make sure yes that it does contain it because that will help to make the enamel stronger at the very least not damage the enamel further so when we're talking about a whitening toothpaste typically what I tell all of my patients is don't get a whitening toothpaste if your teeth are sensitive because it does any time that a toothpaste claims to whiten it it can take a blur blah blah blah it will contain peroxide peroxide is quite coarse and it will also contain additional baking soda which is also coarse that is what makes the teeth sensitive for 95% of the population anything coarse added to their toothpaste will make their teeth sensitive it may lighten it may whiten yes but who wants whitened you know teeth if they're just going to be sensitive not too many people do a lot of people don't don't care and just take it as a fact of life that their teeth are going to be sensitive but I completely disagree with that I would not want my teeth to be sent to be sensitive this toothpaste does not contain peroxide so when I first heard this I thought to myself okay so that it's not actually whitening right that's what I thought but it does this stuff works okay another thing about this toothpaste that a lot of people don't advertise but I will is this will help to make the teeth look whiter yes it does work those before and after pictures they work and they are true but it's because a lot of people when they think or know their toothpaste is is helping their teeth become whiter they will make sure to brush at least twice a day if not more they will brush for that two to three minutes so that is what we always want that is what I tell my patients take three minutes brush your teeth twice a day if not three times there are so many people out there that will only brush once a day but I bet you those same patients if you tell them that if you use this toothpaste to or you know just any toothpaste if you use a toothpaste and this will help to make the teeth whiter if you brush three times a day they will if if you tell them again with any toothpaste if you brush three times a day I can almost guarantee you that your teeth will be whiter they will use it so this is one of the reasons why this toothpaste works and it does because people they tend to brush more thoroughly because if they're thinking oh well this stuff I I want the same after picture as you know her him and him so I am going to make sure to brush really really well and that's how they get less plaque less tartar less stain which helps to whiten the teeth but this toothpaste also does whiten the teeth without peroxide because there are certain levels in there that allow it to do so but the main thing that it does is it helps the patient to brush more thoroughly so that makes sense right but let me tell you something about this toothpaste or I should say that people claim and really irks me is that it is claimed not by me but it is claimed by people who do sell this toothpaste that it will take away stain from crowns bridges veneers and that it will lighten the color this is not true mind you I don't have any crowns or bridges but it will not lighten the color because anything that has been made in the lab is typically covered with porcelain or zirconia or ceramic depending on where you live depending on the type of material that your office has you cannot make that lighter whiter even darker it just doesn't happen but around anything that has been made in the lab such as you know crowns bridges whatever you can have stain around them okay because that would be on your enamel this toothpaste will take away that stain only if it's on enamel so I'm being truthful here this is what it does and it does work but don't think that this toothpaste will lighten any crowns bridges just anything that's made in the lab okay so I don't think that the sellers are lying when they say that but they aren't a dental professional per se or they don't quite understand how it works there's always a fine line so I've been doing my research now on this for at least a couple weeks almost a month now so I know a little bit more about how how these things work because I took the time to really check to see it also claims to get the coffee stains or sorry to get stains off of the teeth from like coffee tea and from smoking this is true this is true I have seen it now I drink a lot of tea and coffee I don't drink a lot of wine here and there yes I don't smoke but I I have seen it that smoke stains have been taken away but it was really these same patients though from the ones that I talked to because they know these patients knew the assistant that I was talking to and they had their teeth cleaned first and then they used the toothpaste for before they said two months and they had noticed a lot less stain after next cleaning there was a lot less they still had a little bit but there was a huge improvement so that only help or sorry that not only helps the patient they are so happy but also the dental hygienist who's cleaning the teeth so this stuff does work the only way that I you know can say that is because I did my own research and they will be sending me a tube I will try it for myself and let all of you know but if anybody else would like to also try a tube let me know and then I will send you one I'm so excited any questions just let me know again this isn't tutoring related at all but I thought people who watch my YouTube channel are interested in you know teeth right teeth whitening anything dental and and this is something that I've been looking into more and more so if you would like a tube let me know I'll put the link to my Facebook page on the bottom or of course the website my dental L website feel free to message me through there so that I can get your address to send you a tube because the cost is a lot less than any whitening product out there it costs a little bit more than your normal toothpaste but it's totally worth it so let me know I'm so happy to help and I look forward to hearing from you soon you guys so thank you so much for watching and I will see you guys in the next one