![]() Tips to prevent staining and keep your teeth white:Īvoid smoking and brush your teeth right after eating or drinking foods that cause staining: coffee, red wine, berries, chocolate, tea. Even natural products in your home that can be acidic could damage tooth enamel. The peroxide may sting while you’re swishing it around the inside of your mouth.īe cautious of DIY Teeth Whitening tips you read online. You may want to try using a toothpaste for sensitive teeth. Tooth sensitivity is normal and occurs with almost any whitening program. Swallowing peroxide can cause upset stomach and diarrhea, and is fatal in large doses. Peroxide won’t whiten dental work like crowns, and I doubt you’re looking to obtain a two toned smile. ![]() See your dentist before beginning any whitening program. Precautions to take when using hydrogen peroxide to whiten your teeth: Note: Some people recommend that you brush your teeth with a mixture of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide occasionally to receive more whitening effect, but many dentists say it’s too abrasive. Repeat daily until you see desired results.Īfter you’ve achieved the whiteness you desire, move to a once a week maintenance routine. Swish with water for another minute or more to rinse away all the hydrogen peroxide. Swish with 1-2 Tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide for 1 minute. How to whiten your teeth with hydrogen peroxide: It’s swished around your whole mouth, making it react with saliva and become less effective.Ī whitening kit will give you faster results, but if you’re not on a deadline to brighten your smile, hydrogen peroxide sounds like it could eventually do the trick for a lot less money. Hydrogen peroxide as a rinse, on the other side doesn’t sit on the teeth. They also stay on your teeth for 30 minutes, giving the peroxide more time to work. There are two factors in how effective a product will whiten the concentration of hydrogen peroxide, and how long it’s in contact with your teeth.Īfter doing a little bit of research, I discovered the Crest Whitestrips I was using have a higher concentration of hydrogen peroxide than the bottle I purchased, about 6% vs 3%. How effective is hydrogen peroxide rinse at whitening teeth? Surprised? It seems like there are contradictory opinions on what’s healthy and what isn’t with just about everything relating to health and beauty. Strange this is, I found out the Crest Strips I was using had a higher concentration of hydrogen peroxide that the stuff you buy in the bottle (more below.) Some dentists caution against using hydrogen peroxide to whiten teeth, saying that it’s too rough on your gums and the lining of your mouth, could damage tooth enamel, and it could take months before you see results. But they pass the buck as far as liability on these statements by saying that, “Patients should be cautioned that not enough information is available to support unsupervised long-term and/or repeated use of bleaching products.” The American Dental Association has given their ADA Seal of Acceptance for many dentist-dispensed and over the counter home tooth whitening bleaches and products. The bottle even listed it’s uses on the front label as, “treatment of minor cuts and abrasions,” and “a gargle or rinse.” Most of the products I could find use hydrogen peroxide as the bleaching agent in their product. Is it safe to whiten your teeth with hydrogen peroxide? So IF it was safe, I had nothing to lose. hydrogen peroxide was in the products I was already using and whole lot cheaper to buy on its own. I was skeptical about how hydrogen peroxide would work to whiten my teeth, so I did a little research online and some comparison shopping in the stores. ![]() My hydrogen peroxide teeth whitening experiment: ![]() It felt like a small price to pay in order to keep a bright white smile and have my yummy homemade coffee – caffè americano – too.īut, my plans to live more frugally and become debt free have opened my mind to looking at all kinds of alternative ways to save money, most recently using hydrogen peroxide to whiten teeth. For the last few years, I’ve been forking over cash for my favorite Crest Whitestrips at about $40 a box. Thanks to my coffee habit, teeth whitening products have wiggled their way into my budget. ![]()
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