What Is a One Hour Smile?
By Gertrude Lee | Published on February 18, 2011 | 0 Comments
At Rocklin Family Dental Group, Dr. Gertrude Lee offers a cosmetic dentistry procedure that is both unique and potentially life changing. In as little as one hour, this Rocklin family dentist can completely change a person’s smile with a procedure she has dubbed the “One Hour Smile.”
Gone are the days when a family dentist focused solely on checking for cavities and signs of decay. Although Dr. Lee does take her work as a general dentist very seriously, she also helps her patients improve the aesthetics of their smiles through various cosmetic enhancement procedures. One of her latest – and most popular – is the One Hour Smile.
Although it is technically called the One Hour Smile, Dr. Lee recommends that patients block out at least two hours of the day for this cosmetic procedure. During that time, Dr. Lee and her team will create custom fitted trays based on the patient’s teeth. Using a series of powerful whitening agents, Dr. Lee will then get straight to work whitening and lightening the teeth to a degree that patients never thought was possible.
Results from the procedure are visible almost immediately, and Dr. Lee says that her whitening technique works especially well at getting rid of dental discolorations or stains caused by coffee, wine, prescription medications, and cigarettes. Dr. Lee’s whitening treatment can also help people look younger overall, since stained or yellowish teeth are a common sign of aging.
According to Dr. Lee, the ideal candidate for a One Hour Smile procedure would be a healthy individual who is unhappy about the current color of his or her teeth. Ideally, the person should not have any fillings on the front teeth, since fillings cannot be whitened or changed in color.
In cases where a person who wants the One Hour Smile procedure does have composite fillings on his or her front teeth, Dr. Lee recommends whitening the teeth around the fillings and then changing out the fillings themselves. Composite fillings can be created to match the shade of the teeth, so it’s best to get the natural teeth into top shape before selecting the new shade for the composite material.
With that said, Dr. Lee explains that as a family dentist in Rocklin, CA, she prefers not to change the fillings in people’s teeth for purely cosmetic reasons. Each time a filling is changed, it requires drilling and trauma to the tooth – both of which should be avoided whenever possible.
For patients who are preparing for a big event, Dr. Lee recommends having the One Hour Smile procedure done at least two weeks before the special day. She explains that the whitening agent continues to work for up to two weeks, and patients need to allow the agent to continue working for that entire period of time if they want to achieve the best results possible.
Overall, Dr. Lee says, the One Hour Smile procedure is a very effective way to change a person’s smile in very little time. Anyone curious about the procedure should visit her office for more information.
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