5 Tips For Maintaining Your Teeth Whitening Treatment’s Brightness

Professional teeth whitening provides a great boost to your confidence, however, it can be easy to lose these satisfying results without working on maintaining the brightness.

Although we all cannot have bright white teeth naturally, there are ways that everybody can have dazzling smiles.

Teeth whitening is one of the more common cosmetic procedures, which is one of the non-invasive methods for improving your smile’s radiance and appearance.

Why allow your brightness to fade?

It isn’t necessary to lose your whiteness that is fresh from the dentist. The following are five methods that can help you maintain the brightness provided by your white whitening treatment.

Use a Straw

As you probably know, drinking beverages like teas, coffees, red wine, acidic drinks, and dark colas can damage and stain your teeth. The ultimate solution to solving the tooth staining problem from the drinks is to cut back on them. However, if you cannot entirely remove them from your life, it can help to use a straw. when you use a straw for consuming tooth-staining beverages, it can help to avoid the liquid from having prolonged contact with your teeth, particularly your front teeth, which are the most visible.

Brush Often

You will ideally brush your teeth following each meal or after you drink especially sweet, acidic, or staining beverages. Although a majority of people do not have enough time for brushing their teeth following every snack, drink, and meal, brushing at least two times per day can help with maintaining the whiteness of your teeth. When you brush frequently and remove staining substances, bacteria, and sugar, you can help to prolong your whitening’s life.

Use Whitening Products

When you are brushing your teeth and use whitening mouthwash and toothpaste it can help with keeping your teeth white. Those products are highly effective and readily available when used on a regular basis, which makes them an easy and affordable way to help with keeping your teeth white for months after your whitening procedures take place. To take full advance of your whitening toothpaste, an electric toothbrush can be used to ensure you reach into all of the nooks and crannies.

Floss Your Teeth

Flossing can help with more just maintaining healthy gums. It also can help to improve and color and appearance of your teeth. When bacteria and residual buildup are removed it can make improvements to the coloration of the spaces and gaps between your teeth and that will help to improve the overall appearance of your teeth. Try to floss once a day at least to help flush out any of the buildups that might be missed by your toothbrush.

Visit Your Dentist To Have Touch-Ups Done

Since teeth whitening isn’t permanent, you might need to go back to the dentist to have touchups done. Pay close attention to what shade your teeth are, and visit your dentist on a regular basis to get a professional opinion on how to maintain your healthy and beautiful smile. Cleanings and touchups can help your dentist and you know what condition your teeth are in and help your pearly whites continue to shine every day.

Make your teeth whitening appointment now!

Visit or call our office in Stony Brook today to make an appointment or if you have any questions about the teeth whitening process or any other type of dental procedure. We look forward to speaking with you!