Teeth Whitening Kits

With teeth whitening kits you can choose between professional or at-home teeth whitening.

These kits fall into 3 categories;

Teeth Whitening Strips

Teeth Whitening Trays

Teeth Whitening Pen

But firstly we need to discuss what is the best type of teeth whitening kits for you. You can choose between a professional or at home teeth whitening kit.

The only professional (dentist office) kits are the teeth whitening trays, which are custom moulded trays for your 2 sets of teeth, which the Dentists has had custom made for you. You then take these dental trays home along with the gel and apply at home.

Where as with at home teeth whitening kits you have a greater choice with teeth whitening strips or teeth whitening trays or a teeth whitening pen.

Lets look at the 3 alternative at-home teeth whitening kits;

Teeth Whitening Strips

Teeth whitening strips are very simple to use, at home, in order to gain a beautiful, clean, white smile. Teeth whitening strips come with 1 upper and 1 lower strip for each day. The strips which have professional grade whitening gel within the strips are very soft and pliable, allowing you to mould the strips exactly to the shape of your teeth. The reason these whitening strips are so popular is the price, the comfortable use of the strips, and that it only takes 30 minutes each day for a maximum of 14 days to achieve a beautiful, sexy white smile.

Teeth whitening strips, which have professional grade whitening gel, can whiten your teeth by up to 10 shades in only 14 days

Teeth Whitening Trays

Teeth whitening using dental trays is a form of teeth whitening that initially is performed by the Dentist in his surgery where the trays are made, and the actual process of the teeth whitening is carried out at home by the patient, similar to the teeth whitening strips

The 2 down sides to teeth whitening trays is the cost and discomfort.

Most dentists will charge 500$ - 700$ for teeth whitening trays, which is very expensive, compared to teeth whitening strips which cost only 48$. The teeth whitening trays are bulky and heavy in your mouth, as oppoded to the strips which are very light and mould round your teeth perfectly.

Teeth Whitening Pen

The first teeth whitening pen appeared on the over-the-counter marketplace in 2002 when Colgate introduced their product Colgate Simply White.

Since then most manufacturers in the teeth whitening market are now manufacturing a teeth whitening pen.

They are simple to use, and the main ingredient in a teeth whitening pen is hydrogen peroxide, the amount of peroxide varies with each individual manufactuer and can vary between 5% - 13%.

A teeth whitening pen works by bleaching the stains on your teeth. You apply a thin layer to either an individual tooth or your all your teeth.
You then let the whitening pen gel dry on the teeth for 60 seconds. The teeth bleaching begins directly when the gel has been applied from the pen.

You do not have to remove the teeth whitening gel since it will go away naturally or next time you brush your teeth.