I know we are all burly manly men but has anyone had positive results with an at home teeth whitening kit. We spend all this money to trick out our guns why not our faces.

I see too many products out there. Some are gels some are some weird glow in the dark mouth guard thingy. So do any of them work?

Lots of them work. Pretty much just gelled peroxide.

Keeps my teeth white and bright despite coffee, cigars, and dip.

Different kits - different results. Old girlfriend had great results with Crest whiteners from CVS. Cheap (relatively) but effective. I use a more expensive kit from my dentist’s office with half-ass results. May have to spend more money for a sit in the chair procedure.

I like to have a professional work on things like my teeth and eyes,but I have seen others get fine results. I might go so far as to use a hair coloring product for my facial hair, but not teeth whitening.

Crest White Strips work about as well as any of the home products.

Be aware: All peroxide based whiteners will make your teeth sensitive. Also, don't overdo it. Natural teeth are not as white as refrigerator paint. Overwhitening looks ridiculous.

Depends on your teeth as well. According to my mother, she gave me tetracycline at a very young age to treat something...she doesn't remember. And according to my dentist, when I inquired about it, tetracycline PERMANENTLY grays your teeth and there ain't nothing' one can do about it. Unless they spend ridonculous amounts of chu-ching! Guess I'm cursed with a grayish smile for life...

I recently did the dentist whitening with uv light and got custom trays made for the phillips zoom daytime.

All together including cleaning cost me 455.

I purchased the zoom daytime peroxide from amazon for 25 bucks which is enough to last me 2 months at about 4 times a week.

The results have been fantastic.

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Originally posted by MNSIG:
Crest White Strips work about as well as any of the home products.

Be aware: All peroxide based whiteners will make your teeth sensitive. Also, don't overdo it. Natural teeth are not as white as refrigerator paint. Overwhitening looks ridiculous.

What MNSIG said. Using a fluoride rinse can help, and some whiteners come with fluoride in the formula just because. And natural teeth are not actually white - they are yellow, to varying degrees, so shoot for "light yellow," unless you're going for the piano look.

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Originally posted by Doc H.:

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Originally posted by MNSIG:
Crest White Strips work about as well as any of the home products.

Be aware: All peroxide based whiteners will make your teeth sensitive. Also, don't overdo it. Natural teeth are not as white as refrigerator paint. Overwhitening looks ridiculous.

What MNSIG said. Using a fluoride rinse can help, and some whiteners come with fluoride in the formula just because. And natural teeth are not actually white - they are yellow, to varying degrees, so shoot for "light yellow," unless you're going for the piano look.

My piano's keys are yellowish.

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Originally posted by houndawg:

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Originally posted by Doc H.:

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Originally posted by MNSIG:
Crest White Strips work about as well as any of the home products.

Be aware: All peroxide based whiteners will make your teeth sensitive. Also, don't overdo it. Natural teeth are not as white as refrigerator paint. Overwhitening looks ridiculous.

What MNSIG said. Using a fluoride rinse can help, and some whiteners come with fluoride in the formula just because. And natural teeth are not actually white - they are yellow, to varying degrees, so shoot for "light yellow," unless you're going for the piano look.

My piano's keys are yellowish.

Whitish-yellowish. I'd personally go for yellowish-whitish. Although, depending on your culture....

Be careful of some of that stuff, some of it will make your teeth whiter but also make them painfully sensitive. I had gotten the trays and gel from my dentist a while ago and ended up having to stop using it as it would make my teeth hurt.

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Depends on your teeth as well. According to my mother, she gave me tetracycline at a very young age to treat something...she doesn't remember. And according to my dentist, when I inquired about it, tetracycline PERMANENTLY grays your teeth and there ain't nothing' one can do about it. Unless they spend ridonculous amounts of chu-ching! Guess I'm cursed with a grayish smile for life...

That was usually prescribed for acne.

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Depends on your teeth as well. According to my mother, she gave me tetracycline at a very young age to treat something...she doesn't remember. And according to my dentist, when I inquired about it, tetracycline PERMANENTLY grays your teeth and there ain't nothing' one can do about it. Unless they spend ridonculous amounts of chu-ching! Guess I'm cursed with a grayish smile for life...

Something like that happened to me, too. IIRC, mom said her doctor prescribed an antibiotic while she was pregnant. The whitening products do absolutely nothing.

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Originally posted by mark123:

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Depends on your teeth as well. According to my mother, she gave me tetracycline at a very young age to treat something...she doesn't remember. And according to my dentist, when I inquired about it, tetracycline PERMANENTLY grays your teeth and there ain't nothing' one can do about it. Unless they spend ridonculous amounts of chu-ching! Guess I'm cursed with a grayish smile for life...

Something like that happened to me, too. IIRC, mom said her doctor prescribed an antibiotic while she was pregnant. The whitening products do absolutely nothing.

...you didn’t have teeth yet. Don’t think it the same thing man.

I had whitening done in a dentist's office once.....once.

An awful experience. The cleaning agent they use opens the "pores" on the teeth and makes the nerves very sensitive. Sudden, very sharp pains came and went at unpredictable intervals, making for a very unpleasant, damn near unbearable day after the procedure.

Do the home whitening kits have the same effect?

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
...you didn’t have teeth yet. Don’t think it the same thing man.

Babies do have teeth. So it's entirely possible for a baby, even a fetus in the womb, to have their teeth affected by exposure to a chemical.

Teeth develop in utero starting at about 6 weeks of fetal development, and are housed in the skull. They simply don't migrate to erupt through the gums and into the mouth until ~6 months after birth, in most cases.



But a number of babies are born with a few of their teeth already exposed. This phenomenon, called "natal teeth", occurs approximately every 2,000 births.

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Originally posted by Nickelsig229:
I recently did the dentist whitening with uv light and got custom trays made for the phillips zoom daytime.

All together including cleaning cost me 455.

I purchased the zoom daytime peroxide from amazon for 25 bucks which is enough to last me 2 months at about 4 times a week.

The results have been fantastic.

I like the price of the follow up treatments, however I would like to avoid the whole custom mouth piece. I wonder if I could have good results with a make at home custom mouth piece.

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
...tetracycline...

That was usually prescribed for acne.

Yessir...I've read that. This was way back in the very early 60's, so no telling for what it was being prescribed; not even 100% sure it was tetracycline. I know mother mentioned that she had to put me on an anti-biotic for something as an infant and THOUGHT that's what it was. Ear infection maybe?? At least I know I didn't have zits! Regardless, whatever it was made my teeth grayish and I'm a little self conscious about my smile.

Rogue is correct. The staining due to tetracycline occurs as the tooth is forming. In the case of permanent incisors, it would be roughly birth to 5 years. Teenage acne treatment would not be suspect.

Permanent teeth begin to form about the third trimester, so yep.

I guess I learned something.

Sorry about your teeth bro.