 hi everybody Andrea here with dental l I have been a dental professional now for about 17 years, and I do have my own mobile dental hygiene practice, but in this video, I want to talk to you guys about. Three different ways to whiten the teeth and which ones actually work better, some of these answers might surprise you and i'm going to explain why, and this is coming from a dental professional so if anybody knows about teeth. it's us so let me just share my screen here, because I have a couple different things that I want to show you guys so here we go guys sorry bear with me for a moment. There we go, so can you guys see my screen okay here okay so three different things that I want to talk about, and that is using whitening toothpaste. Using whitening trays to apply at home or professionally applied, so this is what I want to talk to you guys about. So whitening trays, so you might notice those trays on Amazon trays, you can purchase from the store, usually these trays come with a form of peroxide. But what you must know is over the counter legally they cannot sell a very high strength of peroxide there's different types there's hydrogen peroxide and there's carbamide peroxide. Over the counter, you cannot sell carbamide peroxide in most locations so you're getting hydrogen peroxide which will maybe be 1% at the most maybe 2% it's hard to say, but. That will whiten the teeth just so you know, but in these kits that you buy from the store or online. They do not include desensitizers what's a desensitizer a desensitizer helps to prevent against cold sensitivity for the team, you need a desensitizer have you heard of those people. telling you I want my teeth my teeth were so sensitive oh my God never do it again it's because they did not have a desensitizer with the product. or whoever applied it professionally didn't apply a desensitizer first, so these trays. Do not include a desensitizer so you're applying straight hydrogen peroxide onto the teeth only 1% but the thing about that is your teeth are going to be extremely cold sensitive and also. The whitening is not going to work very well, it does make the teeth whiter because it's straight hydrogen peroxide there's no desensitizer in it there's other things in it to but. More so just that 1% hydrogen peroxide to make the teeth whiter, but the white doesn't last as soon as you eat something drink something give it a couple days, the stain comes back. You need a combination of the two peroxides for it to actually work carbamide peroxide helps the whitening last so hydrogen peroxide in a nutshell. brings the white to the teeth it eliminates stain the carbamide peroxide helps to give that boost of the whitening and prevents further stain from coming back. kind of like a good hair conditioner for your hair if you're not using a good hair conditioner your hair colors not going to last it's the same thing now moving on you guys to. toothpaste so I have a picture here of the charcoal powder toothpaste, this is the trend, this is what everybody wants, let me let you in on a little secret here. charcoal powder is extremely messy if you haven't heard that yet people are not telling you this it's extremely messy I do not. recommend charcoal for your teeth charcoal is not made for your teeth, which is charcoal do even if you quickly look it up online it gets rid of toxins okay sounds great sounds awesome. But what does that mean that means related to your teeth it's going to get rid of the good and the bad I say the good and the bad meaning it's going to get rid of stain. it's going to get rid of the natural oils your teeth have it's going to get rid of the calcium. Those protective coatings on your teeth from the toothpaste so it gets rid of the good it gets rid of the bad. So you might be saying awesome so it's going to get rid of the stain right that sounds pretty cool. It does get rid of the stain but but it gets rid of everything else to so stain actually comes back quicker. And easier after using a charcoal toothpaste so you have to keep using it. For it to actually work and your teeth do look wider because it's getting rid of the stain but it's bad for your teeth, so you have to keep using a charcoal on your teeth to whiten them. But there's no protectiveness it's not keeping the teeth clean it's not protecting the teeth from you know acids sugars things you eat drink I said acidity it's it could actually cause cavities it could make the teeth more sensitive because you're literally. stripping away your teeth natural oils did you know your teeth have natural oils, yes, they do it could even make. Your cracks in your teeth, if you have any more obvious if you have stain inside the tooth, we have such a thing called intrinsic stain and extrinsic stain it can make it more obvious, so you have to keep using it. Not a good idea, please do not buy charcoal toothpaste and, as I said, it can cause cavities not cause cavities, but. If you're eating sugar you need a protective toothpaste to protect against cavities and charcoal toothpaste does not offer any protection, so please don't buy it, I said it. The third one is professionally applied so i'm not just saying that I highly recommend this because i'm a dental professional. But this is why it's different we apply desensitizers to your teeth, so your teeth are not sensitive. If you've heard of some people getting their teeth whitened at a dental office before it was and their teeth were cold sensitive it was because the dental professional did not apply a desensitizer there are different products on the market. That are better than others I personally I have my own dental hygiene practice there's a certain products that I use a certain company that I will only order from because their teeth winding products are all natural they are. Green free they are vegan and they have a desensitizer built in so your teeth are not sensitive and. They include both hydrogen peroxide and carbon my proxy together and just to give you guys a different and to know the differences of the percentages and why a professional winding treatment works so much better. Is at the store I had mentioned any kids you can buy over the counter their hydrogen peroxide percentage is probably 1% when you go to a dental professional, you can get as high as 44% 22% to 44% is typical. If you have thin enamel if you're like really, really worried about cold sensitivity. Your teeth are kind of white to begin with, but you just kind of want a boost, we do have a 16% as well, but that's still a big difference than the 1% right. So I highly recommend getting your teeth wind by a dental professional because one it actually works your teeth stay white for six months, it doesn't matter if you. You know smoke coffee tea your teeth will stay white for six months, if you have a lot of habits that cause stains such as coffee tea and smoking, we might suggest a a like a. refill at home whitening pen to use once a month for like 15 minutes a day just to touch it up, but typically the results can last six months without doing anything, they can even last longer. And we apply a desensitizer so your teeth will not be sensitive and. you're having your teeth waning product applied by a dental professional, so you know it's safe. You know it is FDA approved and if anything goes wrong, if your teeth are sensitive you're feeling uncomfortable. You want your teeth even wider, we know what to do, we are here to help you, you can't get that same treatment. From an at home kit that you buy from the store, so I hope this helps you guys, please let me know if any questions. teeth waning is definitely a trend you've probably heard all kinds of things out there don't try anything like sucking on lemons. applying proxide directly to the teeth i've heard all kinds of things don't do it your teeth you only get the one set you get your baby teeth and then your adult teeth okay I could go into that. But you only get one set once you ruin them they're gone so take care of your teeth and whitening is safe, it does work. If if applied by a dental professional so let me know you guys have any questions, thank you guys so much for listening and i'll talk to you in the next video.