Dr. Kevin E. Young, D.D.S. - Procedures

Bleaching

Common Questions About
Bonding, Bleaching and Veneers

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BLEACHING
Procedure: Bleaching lightens surface stains caused by coffee, tea, food, and age.

Visits: Six to eight teeth can be bleached during one visit, but teeth may need to be bleached several times to achieve maximum results. Or you may be a candidate for doctor-prescribed, patient-applied home bleaching.

Durability: Bleached teeth may need touching up every year.

	Discolored or stained teeth
	After bleaching top teeth


	A bleaching solution is applied to the stained teeth and activated with heat or a combination of heat and light. The solution is then rinsed off, revealing lightercolored teeth.

	An alternative: wearing a prescribed bleaching tray under your dentist’s supervision.

Photographs of bonding, bleaching. veneers: Mark I. Friedman.