Just wondering if the ones they sell at the stores work and if so, which brand(s) worked for you.
I’ve tried numerous ones, and nothing has ever made a noticable difference on my teeth. My teeth don’t look that bad though, so I just quit caring about it and never buy any whitening stuff any more.
I just use the whitening toothpaste but I don’t really notice a difference after using it for a couple of years now. I just keep it since I’m so used to it now.
whitening toothpaste has the same active ingredient as regular toothpaste. some will have peroxide, but you would need to brush your teeth for significantly longer than 5 minutes for it to start working
Crest 3D strips work well, but do not fall asleep with them in… I did that by accident, swallowed one of the strips and woke up in such excruciating pain I had to crawl to the bathroom and puke. Just as heads up
Holy shit.
Yeah. They gave me sensitive teeth. It works by getting rid of the top layer of your teeth. Avoid.
My hygienist told me to just use OTC instead of trying to do it at the dentist’s office. She didn’t suggest a specific brand though.
I had a really bad coffee stain on my front teeth. Had tried the crest ones for a while but they weren’t helping. My hygienist did some treatment and told me it’ll probably come back because of the texture of my teeth, but told me to use the crest ones a few days ahead of a special event if I wanted a touchup. Stain came back.
Went to the dentist for an unrelated issue and my dentist noticed the stain, literally filed down my tooth in like 2 seconds and for free, and the stain has never come back again, lol.
I got best results having my dentist make me a mold ($70) and using Amazon whitening tubes.
Crest 3D whitening strips sold at Costco work for me. My teeth were noticeably whiter both times I’ve gone through a box. Of note, I drink espresso about 4 times per day, so maybe they’re particularly good at whitening coffee-stained teeth.
They make my teeth sensitive after a few strips though, but sodium fluoride 1.1% toothpaste remedies that.
I’ve tried those press on and leave whitener strips when they were newish.
I used them for about a month and saw no difference.
Never intended but brushing consistently with a Sonicare yielded me pretty freakin’ white teeth. I have been using one since high school and have never had any problems with my teeth. Can’t recommend enough.
Which model do you use, out of interest?
I think it’s the pro-whitening (ironically) one these days, one of the thinner black models. I’ve had to replace the handles occasionaly over the years but much cheaper in the long run than dealing with cavities, etc.
Counter teeth whitening?
They make em more yellow?
(sorry)
“I was going to have my teeth whitened, but then I said 'Fuck that, I’ll just get a tan instead.” - Mitch Hedberg
“over the” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 /s
I’ve tried the stick-on equate whitening strips, which did nothing that I could see.
Crest 3d whitening strips made my teeth amazing, but also sensitive. The stuff tastes gross. Follow the directions. I think it was like… Dry your teeth, put the strip on for like 30 minutes (which sucks ass) and then rinse your mouth. Took a few weeks for me to notice and I stopped using them as my teeth looked fine.
When I have used them, they would make me salivate a lot. Since I didn’t want to swallow that, I would walk around with a tea cup spitting into it the extra saliva with peroxide.
Just baking soda works
note: from what I remember reading a while ago, this works because it scrapes your teeth, which slightly files them down. it’s like using using loose sand paper.
In that case probably not for everyday use then , or just use sand. But I’d think that there is also some chemical action that makes it very effective against tea and coffee stains
