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Choose the Right Teeth Whitening Procedure for Yourself

Good teeth are an important attribute of our entire appearance. Suffering from discoloured and yellowing teeth can take away your confidence. You may become over conscious while smiling or laughing. The solution is simple. All you need to do is to go for teeth whitening procedure in which you get normal, white coloured teeth. There are three options you can choose from for whitening teeth: porcelain veneers, laser whitening and home whitening.

Porcelain veneers, handcrafted from porcelain by the skilled experienced technicians, cover the front surface of a tooth and are used in whitening teeth. They are also used to close gaps and realigning crowded and protruding teeth. Porcelain veneers are very strong and last long, up to 15 years. They also look very natural and people will not know you have had the treatment. They are also easy to take care of after the treatment and there is no requirement of any special care.

In laser whitening of teeth, laser applications are used in the process of removing discoloration or stains from the teeth. A laser beam interacts usually with a whitening gel applied to the surface of the teeth to breakup the stains that lay in the sub-surface portions of the tooth. It takes about an hour or two and is painless. The lasting of whitening teeth through lasers depends on your oral hygiene and your eating habits. There is no side effect of laser whitening of teeth except that the feeling of little sensitivity.

Another procedure of whitening teeth is home whitening, the least expensive way of whitening your teeth. The cosmetic dentist, London will carefully take impressions of your discoloured teeth and make custom whitening trays that fit your teeth perfectly. These are used in combination with the whitening gel at home. A small amount of gel is squeezed into the trays and then worn for 4 hours per day. The treatment takes 14 days and last for about 1 to 2 years.

Consult the Welbeck Clinic for whitening teeth. It also offers other cosmetic dental treatment including cosmetic bonding, gum sculpting, white fillings London, porcelain crowns, tooth replacement and cosmetic contouring. Cosmetic Bonding reshapes individual teeth, closes very small gaps and repairs any slight defects like chips. If you have too much gum or uneven gum levels, Gum sculpting can correct that. Porcelain crowns correct fractured or very broken teeth. Unlike veneers, Porcelain crowns cover all surfaces of the tooth. The porcelains are strong and look just as natural. In cosmetic contouring, small adjustments are made to your teeth to level uneven smile lines. Log on to http://www.thewelbeckclinic.co.uk for more information.