To start with the best and easiest way is to see your dentist for a cleaning. They can remove the stains caused from the coffee, tea and smoking. Then the rest is up to your home care in keeping the stains off. Once you get the stains removed, it will be a lot easier to keep them off! Using a soft toothbrush and whitening toothpaste can do wonders alone, but sometimes you need a little extra help.
The only thing I've seen used over the counter that gives lasting and excellent results is the Rembrandt Toothpaste. Especially if you start using it after a cleaning. It is good at removing the tough stains and helping to keep them off. It's not as abrasive as most of the others on the market. As for the strips, they will give you the white, but they are only temporary. I've had people who have used them and in 2 weeks, right back to original shade. In one case the patient had bleached with them just before we did a crown. During the time it took for the crown to be made at the lab, her teeth had darkened back to her normal shade. She then opted to have us do her bleaching before we put her permanent crown on.
If you want the hollywood white, then talk to the dentist about home bleaching. He/she will suggest two different methods that are known to work well. One is bleaching trays that are custom made from impressions taken of your teeth. These work with a solution the dentist provides for you. The other is the in house, or one hour bleaching method that the doctor or his assistant preforms at the office.
The custom trays ususally takes a few minutes to a couple of hours a day for about two weeks to reach your desired results. Most patients I've found love this type of whitening. It allows them the freedom to judge when they need to "touch up" by bleaching whenever they feel their teeth have gotten stained from time, coffee, tea, wines and other things. It also allows them to touch up again months, or years down the road. The average cost of this is around $200-400. It's the method of bleaching I've used for over 15 years now, and I highly recommend this one.
Then there is the one hour system that the dentist does in his office, it's quiet expensive though, somewhere around the $600-$700 area. Some dentist don't use it or recomend it due to the sensitivity it causes. It's bleaching usually last for a couple of years and requires touch up with bleaching pens and mouthwashes which are expensive too. This gives you the instant white but the results aren't lasting.
So, it's really up to you and how much you want to spend to get those "pearly" whites. I would check around on the prices in your area. But the key question is, are you willing to maintain it, with regular appointments with your dentist and diligent home care? Talk to your dentist, they can answer all of your questions. Good luck!
2007-01-26 00:45:54
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answered by HeatherS 6
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You can brush your teeth 3 times a day.Don't spit out the toothpaste until you finish brushing.Use an antiseptic mouthwash after each brushing.Don't smoke Don't drink coffee Brush at least 5 minutes and use high quality toothpaste.My son's teeth are white as pearls and this is how he does it.
2016-03-29 03:19:03
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answered by Anonymous
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Rembrant teeth whitening strips!!! they r about 20 bucks and u start seeing results in about 2 days and it only takes 30 min a day for 7 days!!!
2007-01-26 00:31:00
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answered by Jess 3
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Listeren Whitening. Works great!!
2007-01-26 02:15:55
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answered by Jamie T 1
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Teeth whitening strips also try brushing with baking soda and peroxide.
2007-01-26 00:47:30
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answered by Cheryl J 2
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I've used Crest white strips and had them bleached by the dentist - and aside from the ENORMOUS price difference, they both worked equally as well. I'd go with the Crest white strips!
2007-01-26 01:44:56
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answered by Anonymous
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Rinsing the mouth for several minutes twice a day with normal, everyday peroxide will do it. It can take months, but with continued use your teeth will become white and stay white as long as you keep using it.
2007-01-26 00:37:15
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answered by nurserachet_0000 5
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I have heard Crest Whitestrips work well. Also, don't drink coffee, dark tea, or smoke, as this will leave stains.
2007-01-26 00:25:27
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answered by oj 5
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The ancient egyptians used urine.
2007-01-26 00:24:05
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answered by Ricky J. 6
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