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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / July 2006Opalescence PF at home treatment - not helping
I've been using Opalescence PF 15% in a custom tray for 7 days @ 3 hours per day, and the color of my teeth has barely budged - they are still a dull yellow, though the sides and bottoms (away from gum) are starting to look a little lighter. I've googled this group and found one post that suggested I may have sabotaged myself by drinking coffee during treatment. My dentist never warned me about this..should he have? Have I just wasted a week's worth of the gel? Thanks > I've been using Opalescence PF 15% in a custom tray for 7 days @ 3 > hours per day, and the color of my teeth has barely budged - they are [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Thanks Not likely. Some stains just don't respond well to bleaching, and sometimes it's not easy to predict which will and which won't. In any case, the teeth should have been cleaned BEFORE you started the bleaching process. You'd have to drink a LOT of coffee to see significant staining in a week. Steve > > I've googled this group and found one post that suggested I may have > > sabotaged myself by drinking coffee during treatment. My dentist never [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Steve I doubt I drank a lot of coffee - about 1.5 cups a day on average..and yes, I did have them cleaned before starting the treatment. Should I continue with the treatment beyond 8 days, or is it unlikely I'll see any more improvement at this point? Are there are other whitening options if my teeth don't respond well to this stuff? Thanks; I appreciate your input. >>>I've googled this group and found one post that suggested I may have >>>sabotaged myself by drinking coffee during treatment. My dentist never [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > options if my teeth don't respond well to this stuff? Thanks; I > appreciate your input. Honestly, if you've seen negligible change after 7 days, it's doubtful it's going to get much better. All the commonly used bleaching systems--tray, laser, white strips etc. use the same active ingredient--carbamyl peroxide, so I wouldn't advise trying other bleaches (I'm assuming your dentist gets this stuff fresh--it is not terribly stable and doesn't have a long shelf life. If it's old, all bets are off). Then if the color is really unsatisfactory to you, you should consider some kind of masking procedure such as porcelain laminate veneers. This is of course making a bigger commitment. Steve > Honestly, if you've seen negligible change after 7 days, it's doubtful > it's going to get much better. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Steve Thanks, Steve. Their color doesn't bother me enough to go down the veneer route since, as you point out, it's a pretty big commitment. I'm certainly disappointed, but..I guess I'll have to accept the teeth I have. (btw, I checked your web site and noticed we went to the same high school - I'm BTHS class of '98. Go Engineers! : - ) >> Honestly, if you've seen negligible change after 7 days, it's doubtful >>it's going to get much better. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I have. (btw, I checked your web site and noticed we went to the same > high school - I'm BTHS class of '98. Go Engineers! : - ) Yes, I graduated in 1969--before girls were admitted. They had to import cheerleaders from Bay Ridge HS. I have a bunch of current and retired BTHS teachers as patients (as has my brother) including (if you can believe this) one of my math teachers. Obviously he knew I liked him--how many students get that opportunity for revenge? Steve > Yes, I graduated in 1969--before girls were admitted. They had to > import cheerleaders from Bay Ridge HS. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Steve *blink* *blink* I had to read that a couple of times. 'Opportunity for revenge' is right - your former teacher must indeed have had a lot of faith in you. lol @ importing cheerleaders - I wonder if the Bay Ridge girls had to have high grades in math to qualify. >> Yes, I graduated in 1969--before girls were admitted. They had to >>import cheerleaders from Bay Ridge HS. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > faith in you. lol @ importing cheerleaders - I wonder if the Bay Ridge > girls had to have high grades in math to qualify. I think you know the answer to that one. ;-) Steve
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