What is Carbamide Peroxide Gel and how it works?

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3. What is Carbamide Peroxide and how it works?

Carbamide peroxide gel is a lower strength (lower than other peroxides) bleaching agent which is recommended for teeth whitening because it does not pose any harm to the teeth or the gums. This particular bleaching agent(carbamide peroxide gel) is very safe comparatively. Whenever you would find any side effects, this would most often be cause by the wrong use of the gel rather than anything else.
Carbamide peroxide gel reduces stains with great efficiency. However, the whitening effect that it produces is not due to ‘wiping off’ the stains. What the solution does is reduces oxygen to the stains which makes them less visible. This is why nowadays the gels available in the market have added an oxidizing agent to the gel for better results.

This is an extremely safe way to clean teeth and this is why most dentists approve and use this method for professional teeth whitening process.

To summarize, the carbamide peroxide gel is a soft oxidizing agent that is used to whiten the teeth by basically adding molecules of oxygen to the stains. As a result, the stains are reduced gradually. This is why the first time teeth whitening should be done by a professional hand. Subsequently you could use DIY kits to maintain the whiteness.

It is important that you do the first time with the dentist for another reason as well – this is because the dentist would be able to find whether there are any flaws in the teeth before the bleaching agent is applied. The dentist would also be able to repair the flaws that are found so the bleaching agent would harm the teeth or the gum.


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source: Matt_Wittchow