Teeth whitening

“So I just had my teeth whitened for the first time with something the dental person called ‚power bleaching‘. Thing is, it was the worst pain and discomfort I have ever experienced in a dental office, and I once had a tooth pulled, albeit a baby tooth that wouldn‘t come out on its own. My gums were first protected with a gel that hardened with an UV-light. That burned a little, bit was not painful or anything. Then they applied the whitening solution and after about a minute it felt like my teeth and gums were dissolving like baking soda in water. It felt like the most painful sparkling water violently attaching my teeth. [...] After two rounds of bleaching (that each took 12min) I couldn‘t take it anymore. My legs were shaking, I had a headache and tears were running down my face.”

“Many months ago, before I got pregnant with #2, I decided to splurge on the Zoom Whitening procedure offered at my dentist office. My teeth weren't stained or yellow or anything, I just--like most of us these days--wanted to bring them up a few shades lighter. So I plunked down $600 and made the appointment. [...] Let me just say, my dentist is fabulous and the Zoom procedure works well for so many people, but when they tried it on me--I winced in pain. For some reason it made my gums feel like they were on fire. I tried to deal with it--I mean, heck, I'd gone through 20+ hours of back-breaking childbirth without an epidural. I could deal with pain--but when I started to cry, they decided to call it quits.”

“I wore the trays overnight for two nights in a row. I found after two days in a row my teeth were sensitive and felt weird, almost as though they were all a bit loose. However, one night without and my teeth went back to normal. I then did it for one more night, waited a couple of days, and then one more night. Four nights made my teeth a bit whiter than I desired but it seemed to balance out within a week. I didn’t end up with increased sensitivity lasting after the bleaching process.”