One of Dr. Oxley’s professors, while at the Dental College of Georgia, was Dr. Van Haywood, who wrote the first article in the world on “tray tooth bleaching”. We use Dr. Haywood’s protocols in our office. We provide a professional teeth bleaching kit to allow you to bleach your teeth at home.
We fabricate custom fitted clear plastic trays which hold the teeth bleaching solution. These trays can be worn overnight for maximum benefit. It could take as little as two weeks of nightly bleaching to reach your desired brightness.
For definition purposes, there is a difference between whitening and bleaching. Bleaching is a process that removes stain through the entire tooth, soaking deep into the tooth’s pores. Whitening is an abrasive process removing an outer layer of tooth to get to a whiter layer underneath the stain. Over a long period of time this can lead to loosing significant tooth structure.
We provide an extensive exam to ensure that bleaching is the right solution for you!
