First Application of Day White Teeth Tray Whitening
Dental Experience, Dental Hygiene May 12th. 2008, 10:12amI just used my trays with the Day White applicator provided to me by my dentist. This is powerful stuff!
First observation is that it is a bit tricky twisting the clear plastic cap off and replacing it with the mixing nozzle. The clear plastic cap of the syringe needs to be twisted then pulled away from it. After that, the mixing nozzle needs to be placed on the top of the syringe where the two circles meet and then twisted to lock. Perhaps, I can get one of our dentists to demonstrate in a video, and I can post it here.
The next step, which I need to double check with the dentist, is to place small “teardrop” amounts of gel in each compartment of the tray. I did that, but I may have put too much. After I put the tray on with the gel, I kept having to spit. I will see if this is usual. Maybe, I put too much gel.
I was given to sets of gel, 9.5% and 7.5% hydrogen peroxide. I was told to use the 9.5%, unless I felt discomfort. If discomfort occurred, I was instructed to use the 7.5%. In addition, I was told to brush for at least a week with the fluoride toothpaste to strengthen my teeth.
Nevertheless, after about 5 minutes, I did start to feel a little discomfort. My teeth started to feel sensitive. I will double check with the doctor to ascertain whether this is normal. The sensitivity did go away after 15 minutes, but I decided to stop treatment after at around 30 minutes. The minimum is 30 minutes and the maximum is 60 minutes, twice a day.
Another day, I tried the 7.5%. I did not feel any discomfort. That 3% made a big difference. I still had to spit, but the doctor said this is normal. Dr. Anenberg said I could either spit or swallow. Actually, I saw him the other day wearing the whitening trays. That was kinda cool.
After only three days, I saw a big difference. I will continue treatment again. It is just difficult to remember. The Zoom Whitening treatment is faster, but I do not have patience to sit in a chair for a couple of hours. I guess you gotta sacrifice to have nice bright white teeth!
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May 15th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
The only thing that I could possibly say would be making you salivate would be that the tray is a foreign object. Anytime you have a foreign object with chemicals in it can cause salivation.
June 7th, 2008 at 1:42 am
I used the take home trays last year also. I was using the 9.5% with no sensitivity problems. I did however, has excess salivation. Dr Anenberg and Jessica both looked at my mouth and I had actually irritated my gums by using way too much gel. The excess was not only causing my excess salivation but it was also irritating my gums. With take home bleach less is really more. My advise is: Listen to your dental healthcare professional. If they tell you to use a little. Try listening. While it may take an x-tra day or two, You will enjoy the process and you will be more comfortable.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Most of the stains and problems in teeth may be caused by tobacco, coffee, tea or age. But sometimes such type of stains can be caused by some antibiotics as well such as tetracycline or too much fluoride.
October 28th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Good words.
February 14th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Thank you for this great post!
August 24th, 2009 at 3:08 am
I have also used the take home trays recently. Dr. advised me to use 9.5% and I also didn’t feel any sensitivity problems. So, in your case I think, have patients as well as go through the same way again and you will get the result with one or two days.