Best at Home Teeth Whitening Systems

The Best Quick-and-Easy and/or Stronger-Longer-Lasting Home Teeth Whitening Systems

Go Smile - Smile Whitening System: Best Most Effective for Ease of Use

Go Smile - Smile Whitening System comes in a boxed set of 14 little tubes to be used morning and night for seven consecutive days.

The convenience of application makes them perfect for travel, so I tend to use mine whenever I'm on the road.

To use a Go Smile ampoule, slip off the cardboard sleeve, flip the ampoule over and reinsert it into the sleeve. Then crush the cardboard tube between your fingers. The plastic outer coat of the ampoule remains intact while the inner very thin glass-like tube crunches into sandy bits.

As you continue squeezing, only the Go Smile clear gel comes oozing out the sponge on top. The sandy grit stays behind.

Rub the gel-soaked sponge over the front of your teeth and discard the empty ampoule.

Most home teeth whitening devices (strips or trays) must be left on for a half hour or so to penetrate and whiten.

God forbid the phone should ring while you have whitening strips on your teeth! It's awkward to speak with them on. I find myself drooling whenever I try. Lol!

By contrast, paint Go Smile gel on and you're good to Go (Smile). No strips or trays to deal with.

You may wonder how anything this quick and easy to use can have any whitening effect. Put a dab of the gel on a fingertip and you'll see that it dries quickly and sticks like glue.

While you go on about your business, the Go Smile gel is doing its work as well. The gel feels very refreshing. The packaging is clever and convenient - simply ingenious!

Ingredients

Crest Whitestrips Premium - Best Home Teeth Whitening System

For at home use and for more intense whitening (more than three shades on average), I like Crest Whitestrips Premium.

Crest Whitestrips are worth the extra effort since the whitening is quite significant and lasts about 18 months.

Apply the strips for 30 minutes morning and night for ten days.

Crest Whitestrips and Go Smile both contain Hydrogen Peroxide as the active ingredient.

When you have an in-office teeth whitening procedure, your dentist uses either Hydrogen Peroxide or Carbamide Peroxide at a higher strength, taking precautions to protect your gums and lips from the corrosive oxide.

Crest Whitestrips Premium earned the Good Housekeeping Seal of approval in 2004 and remain one of the GHRI faves for at home teeth whitening.

Ingredients

Whiter Teeth Factoid

Did you know that whiter teeth take years off your appearance?

Teeth typically darken with age for two reasons.

First, some products which come in contact with teeth cause staining (tea, coffee, red wine, tobacco).

Second, enamel thins with age, allowing the darker dentin below to show through.

Both these causes of teeth darkening respond well to whitening products.

This article is for informational purposes only. It does not purport to offer medical advice.