Most patients choose dentist-supervised at - home bleaching, which is more economical and provides the same results as in-office treatment.

Your dentist or hygienist will make impressions of your teeth to fabricate a mouth-guard appliance for you. It will be custom made for your mouth and is lightweight so that it can be worn comfortably while you are awake or sleeping. The custom made mouth guard provides for a better fit than a one-size-fits-all mouth tray and helps increase the margin of patient safety. It ensures that the correct amount of whitening solution is used and that the patient's teeth are properly exposed to the whitening solution. The mouth-guard is so thin that you should even be able to talk and work while wearing it.

The steps in the home teeth whitening regimen are fairly straightforward. You will also receive the bleaching materials and instructions on how to wear the mouth-guard. Your will provide you with off-site supervision should you have any questions once you've begun.

Bleaching systems recommend bleaching your teeth from two to four hours a day. Depending upon your needs and desired results, your dentist may instruct you to keep the tray in your mouth overnight. Typically, you will follow your home teeth whitening regimen for two to six weeks, after which time you will return to your cosmetic dentist for a follow up visit.

Advantages :

• Although the long term outcome will be the same as in-office treatment this process is more gradual and will be less noticeable to your friends.

• This is the most economical method.

Disadvantages :

• This procedure will require two to four visits to the cosmetic dentist’s office.