2009 July
Patients often ask me if there is any harmful effect from tooth whitening. I tell them that I have been performing whitening procedures in my office for about 20 years. In two decades of observation of my patients and hundreds of patients who whitened their teeth in other dental offices, I have never seen harmful effects to the teeth caused by bleaching gel. Yes, it is possible to burn your gums if your bleaching tray isn’t well constructed. But I’ve never seen damage to the teeth themselves.
