People are always intrigued about whitening their teeth, but they are often turned off by professional strength teeth lightening prices. You can end up spending lots of money if you have your teeth professionally whitened often, or you have custom made teeth lightening trays created. As a result of high professional strength teeth lightening prices, the popularity of over the counter teeth bleaching products has skyrocketed. The question is, does less costly equal better. A few over the counter teeth lightening products include:
- Crest Whitestrips Dental Whitening System
- Teeth lightening Gum
- Rembrandt Teeth bleaching System
Crest whitening strips and other teeth lightening strips are simply tiny slivers of synthetic material that are glazed with a thin film of a bleaching agent, such as hydrogen peroxide. These flexible strips adhere to your pearly whites and allow the dosage of whitener to be administered. While these strips are gentle and fairly easy to use, they don’t give the same results as teeth bleaching kits. Sometimes they don’t bond to the teeth very well and have to be reapplied. They are relatively unexpensive.