Whitening Your Teeth is So Much Safer at the Dentist

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2020

Preparing Your Special Needs Child For The Dentist

If you have a child with special needs, you are well accustomed to the extra footwork it can take to prepare them for new experiences. The standard family dentistry practice in the neighborhood might not cut it for your unique needs. When you look for a new dentist, find one that is known as a special needs dentistry. These dentists and their staff will have experience treating kids with a large range of mental or physical disabilities. Read More»

One day a friend convinced me to use a whitening kit from the drugstore. I said "what the heck?" and used the kit as instructed. I knew something was wrong when I had the whitening trays on my teeth for a few minutes and my gums started burning. Ouch! My gums were so red and painful I had to go to the dentist to have them looked at. He said I was lucky I removed the trays when I did, or I could have seriously damaged my gums. My dentist told me the trays were not made for my smaller mouth, and I was bleaching my gums along with my teeth! I now only have my teeth whitened by my dentist. I created this blog to share my experience and let others know that you can burn your gums when whitening at home, so have a professional whiten your teeth!