Teeth whitening procedures are increasingly popular today mainly because of the growing importance that society places on looks. Nowadays, you can avail of the different teeth whitening procedures, treatments and products to achieve your desired whiteness of teeth. You can go to a dental health profession for a laser whitening treatment. You can also opt for professional bleaching or use whitening toothpaste and mouthpiece trays. In the do-it-yourself teeth whitening category, whitening strips and gels are the most popular and widely used teeth whitening products.

Small in size and flexible, teeth whitening strips are coated with whitening bleach on one side. To use them, you place a strip on the upper teeth and another strip on the lower strip and leave them on for about half an hour. You apply the strips twice a day, ideally in the mornings and nights.

Tooth whitening gels are of different types with different concentration and constituent chemicals. Therefore there are different types of tooth whitening gel in the market. All of them contain carbon amide peroxide or hydrogen peroxide as the main chemical agent present in the gel. The carbon amide peroxide usually breaks down to give hydrogen peroxide as the main chemical agent and urea. So hydrogen peroxide is the chemical agent that actually brings about the tooth whitening process.

There are 3 easy ways you can use tooth whitening gels. First and foremost you brush and wash your teeth. Secondly, you custom fit the dental trays provided in the kit that usually comes with the tooth whitening gel. Finally, you put a drop of the tooth whitening gel in your custom dental tray and use 1 to 2 times per day until your desired whitening is achieved.

As far as costs are involved, each dentist has a set price on how much they will charge you, generally the first treatment is the cheapest. As long as you get follow up treatments then the cost is generally reduced. As with anything it is important to not go overboard when whitening your teeth, to much bleach based gel can weaken your teeth. So be careful and have fun with your brand new smile!