Teeth Whitening

Get Ready to Love Your Smile with a Smile Makeover

Would you like to brighten your smile for a big event? Are you looking to improve the colour of your teeth and have a great charming smile? Or Are you feeling that your teeth are discoloring or yellowing due to age?

No matter why you're looking for a brighter, whiter smile, Amelia Street Dental is here to help you achieve and maintain your dream smile.

Our teeth are one of the first things people notice about us, and whether we like it or not, they form an opinion about our smile. Quite often our confidence and nature is judged on our smile.

A healthy smile is associated with white teeth. Bright, attractive smiles convey confidence and vitality. The appearance of discolored or stained teeth can lower your confidence, especially when it comes to your smile. You may be self-conscious when smiling, laughing, and speaking with stained, yellow, or dull teeth.

Unfortunately, many people are affected by discolored or stained teeth. Whether it's due to coffee, tea, cigarettes, or your family's genetics, or age-related changes, teeth can become yellow and stained. At the same time, some medications can also cause teeth discoloration.

At Amelia Street Dental, we focus on restoring the natural beauty of your smile with our professional teeth whitening treatments.

What is Teeth Whitening?

Teeth whitening is an inexpensive way to enhance the appearance of your teeth. ... With a healthy mouth and radiant smile, you can feel more confident in all aspects of life.

Teeth whitening, also known as tooth bleaching, is a cosmetic procedure that improves the appearance and color of your teeth. Teeth whitening is an excellent approach to brighten your smile and boost your self-esteem without harming your teeth.

A dental examination is vital before starting any whitening treatment. This ensures the procedure will be effective for you and take into account your specific tooth sensitivity level.

You may enjoy all the benefits of a clean, beautiful, pearly white smile in just a few hours:

• Don't be embarrassed by your smile.
• Make an impression that will last.
• For your next big event, look your best and be photo-ready

Professional Teeth Whitening Treatments

Whitening kits bought at the local pharmacy or online shops can be unreliable ... and unsafe. These "one size fits all" teeth whitening kits can sometimes be too small or large for your mouth because they are not custom-made for your teeth. The whitening gels that come with this type of kit can be overly abrasive or leak due to ill-fitting trays, causing discomfort to the gums and other soft tissues. These gels are not optimized for your teeth.

For these reasons, you may want to choose professional teeth whitening instead. Professional whitening treatments can remove years of discoloration and deeper stains than over-the-counter kits.

A professional-quality teeth whitening treatment is one of the fastest, safest, and most affordable ways to achieve a whiter smile.

The advantages of professionally whitened teeth are:

1. Superior results
2. Custom-made trays for optimum comfort and effectiveness
3. Prescription-strength whiteners as per your needs
4. Is a near-permanent solution for a "dull" smile, restoring brightness and bringing a smile to life

At Amelia Street Dental, we offer 3 options to help you get the bright smile you always wanted: In-House Teeth Whitening and At-Home Teeth Whitening. All the teeth whitening agents used at Amelia Street Dental are approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and endorsed by the Australian Dental Association.

In-Chair Whitening

The most effective and quick whitening treatment is a dentist-administered ... In-Chair bleaching. Usually, will require a 90-minute appointment. The teeth must be vital and healthy without any cavities or any pathology.

Your dentist will help you choose a whitening gel based on your sensitivity level and desired degree of whiteness. Pre-treatment photographs will be taken.

The gel is usually applied using a special applicator. The gums and other soft tissues are protected by a barrier. The lips and cheeks are protected by special retractor. A uniquely mounted blue light is used to activate the bleaching gel and a cycle of 8 minutes is done. A minimum 3-4 cycles of 8 minutes to achieve whitening.

The in-office treatment ensures fantastic, instant results and can drastically whiten teeth in just one session.

This effects of this type of teeth whitening will last for about 4-6 months and depends a lot on the food we eat and drink. Other habits like smoking also may result in restaining the teeth.

All in all, it is a very quick way of beautifying your smile.

At-Home Whitening

You can whiten your teeth at the comfort of home. ...

At-home teeth whitening will generally work well for those with minor stains (though it may prove less effective if your teeth are severely stained) or as a top up procedure after In-chair teeth whitening.

Your dentist will design and fabricate an Upper and Lower custom at-home whitening tray for your teeth. It fits passively and is made up a special material which is soft and long lasting.

A whitening gel will be issued to you and instructions regarding its use are given. The gel strength is customized to your needs keeping in mind time and how quick you are looking for results.

After this treatment, we will typically ask you to schedule a follow-up visit at our clinic, including monitoring progress or adding more treatments as required.

At home whitening results are also fantastic and typically the effects last a little longer

Internal Teeth Whitening

This procedure is done to teeth which are discolored due to trauma. ... These teeth get discolored due to leaching of blood pigments after the trauma and discoloration varies from yellow, brown to black. These teeth must be root canal treated prior to this procedure.

It is specialized procedure done at the dental office and requires multiple appointments. A powerful bleaching agent or an oxidizing agent is used for the procedure and is placed in the internal chamber of the tooth (crown portion) above the obturated root canal space. The agent is kept in the space for a number of days and the access hole is sealed with a temporary cement. The procedure is repeated until the preferred result is achieved. Finally, a tooth-colored filling will be done to cover up the access hole. A ceramic crown may also be recommended.

The whitening effect is permanent unlike the other 2 whitening procedures. The amount of whitening achieved is dependent on the amount of original discoloration of the traumatized tooth.

Excellent results are achieved with this procedure and is recommended for all traumatized discolored anterior teeth.