What brand of whitening toothpaste do you recommend?

There are many whitening claims being made by many brands of toothpastes on the market today. However, whitening toothpastes are generally completely ineffective at permanently whitening the teeth. They are simply not on the teeth long enough for any whitening agents to penetrate into the teeth. Penetration is what is required for significant whitening. When a cosmetic dentist whitens your teeth, there is generally a tray placed on your teeth, and the whitening gel will remain in the tray for maybe a half hour or longer. The reason for this is to allow the whitening gel to penetrate your teeth. A toothpaste which is merely brushed on and rinsed off has no chance to soak in and so will not whiten your teeth.

We do recommend Supersmile toothpaste for people with cosmetic dental work. Supersmile does have an agent in it that is very effective at dissolving surface tooth stains. But it won't whiten the interior of the tooth the way teeth whitening treatments do, only the surface.

Crest Whitestrips, however, do whiten the teeth a little. For more information about Whitestrips, click here.

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