While teeth whitening is a great confidence booster, regular six-monthly dental checks and oral care are just as important.
Whether or not you’ve thought about it, there is no escaping the hype around teeth whitening or for that matter, the massive range of products jumping out at you as you stroll down the beauty aisle at the local supermarket.
A worldwide survey compiled in 2016 by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery showed an overall increase of 9% in surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures and ranked South Africa 24th in the take-up of cosmetic procedures. However, if breast augmentation, nose jobs, calf and peck implants or tummy tucks are not your thing, then perhaps you may consider a simple teeth whitening instead.
As with all cosmetic procedures, there’s concern about affordability, efficacy, safety and, heaven forbid, the possibility of the procedure being botched.With so many concerns about teeth whitening, we took with it a list of questions to Dr Carmen Wilsenach, a cosmetic and general dentist at The Cosmetic and Dental Emporium in Bryanston, north of Johannesburg. This is what she had to say:It’s totally safe.
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