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Old 06-07-2006, 02:10 PM
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YES!!! right up may alley!!

anyway *L* You can try the crest strips-problem is, they don't fit your teeth at all, and kinda move around. So if you have a gag reflex I would not try this. I got some at a convention and hated the way they "Bubbled up". You may also be able to buy a "whitening" toothpaste from your dentist. It's fairly inexpensive ($7.00 here) and you can get pretty good results. Any thing over the counter will probably give you decent results, you will probably just have to use it more often than you would something from your dentist. In addition to that, if you end up using an over the counter product more frequently, by the time you get them white, you probably would have spent the same amount with your dentist.

also-if you end up going the route through your dentist, ask them if you can have a prescription strenth flouride toothpaste prior to whitening(but takes about 3 weeks to work. It will help with any sensitivity you may have and will also help prevent decay. (I've even had a case where that rx toothpaste alone whitened a patients' teeth!) -sensodyne may help as well. Are your teeth normally sensitive to begin with? can you bite down into ice cream without any problems? Are they sensitive when you get them cleaned?
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