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Pre-Bleaching Instructions
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BLEACHING INSTRUCTIONS TO MINIMIZE
SENSITIVITY
PRE-BLEACHING INSTRUCTIONS:
- Two weeks before bleaching brush teeth normally
with a desensitizing toothpaste like Sensodyne,
Crest Sensitivity, Bulter sensitivity or any toothpaste
containing fluoride and 5% potassium nitrate.
The new generation of remineralizing toothpastes
such as Dr. Collins Restore Toothpaste also
addresses sensitivity and is highly recommended
for both before and after bleaching.
- We highly recommend you just bleach the
top teeth first i.e. one tray at a time only
and also use a low strength percentage of
bleaching gel. Use 10% carbamide peroxide
(CP) to start.
- After brushing for a few days, wear your EMPTY
bleaching trays alone for a few hours or even
over night.
- After wearing the empty trays place Dr.
Collins Desensitizing gel in the tray for 1 hour
before bleaching. Alternatively some dentists
recommend placing SLS-free (foam free)
desensitizing toothpaste (original Sensodyne) in
the tray and wear at night or during the day a
few times..
- After comfortable with trays alone or with toothpaste,
place the bleaching material in the tray instead
of the toothpaste. Please refer to the bleaching
instructions:
http://www.dentist.net/whiteninginstructions.asp
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Continue brushing teeth normally
with Dr. Collins Restore Toothpaste or any
desensitizing toothpaste containing fluoride
and potassium nitrate 5% (Sensodyne, Crest) while
bleaching.
- Repeat the cycle daily. If no problem with sensitivity,
you may replace 10% CP with a higher concentration
to possibly shorten the bleaching time.
- If you have sensitivity after bleaching begins,
do some of the following:
- Skip a night/day or two of bleaching, and
start again.
- Change from night wear (using 10% CP to day
wear if not already doing so, i.e. bleach
for less time. Start with 30 minutes and
increase the wearing time if you experience
no sensitivity.
- Most effective is to place Dr. Collins
Desensitizing Gel inside the tray after
bleaching. Do NOT mix with bleaching gel.
- Alternate wear times of tray, with
desensitizing material in one time period,
and bleaching material the next.
What you need to
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