Life-Like News
- The Waiting Room Edition - This issues is for your patients and your business.
- Do It In the Shower - Making Fast Whitening an easy routine
- Why Professional Whitening - What everyone who whitens should know
- Doctor Testimonial - Craig Downen, DDS on using 30% Fast Whitening
- Anatomy of Fast Whitening - How does whitening work?
- Time Matters - Your dentist respects your time
- Are you the Sensitivity Type? - Avoiding tooth whitening sensitivity
- Cheap doesn't always mean less expensive - Don't pay "Learning Tax"
- Periodontal Prevention - What you can do to prevent gum disease
- Fast Whitening Tips
- Overnight is Over - Old school method of at-home whitening is history
- Patient Testimonial - "30% Fast Whitening made it so easy!"
- Special Delivery - Clean, easy whitening delivery
- Consumer Alert - Skip those lamps
What You Can Do to Prevent Gum Disease
Are you to be counted in the 80% of U.S. adults who have some degree of untreated gum disease? There are serious conditions that have been tied to periodontal disease including heart disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, premature births, respiratory ailments, and hip replacement infections.
Gum disease is not to be taken lightly. If you’ve had periodontitis, gingivitis, or halitosis (bad breath), there is cause for concern. Ask your dentist about the new tools you can take home to take your regular oral hygiene to the next level:
PerioFormulaTM TripickTM Tongue Cleaner
PerioFormula, an 8% carbamide peroxide gel is applied using a custom-fit tray similar to that used for whitening. You wear the tray and gel for just 4 to 6 minutes a day. Carbamide peroxide has been shown to:
It doesn’t make sense to allow your oral health to lapse each day when there is such a simple, practical, and effective way for busy people to remove food from between their teeth after every meal.
Approximately 60% of all bad breath comes from bacteria on the tongue. The Life-Like Tongue Cleaner:
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Here are some tips to help you get the most from your whitening procedure: Less is Best - It is important to not overfill the custom mouthpiece. Only the smallest dot of material should go into each tooth indentation - you should use less than one hash mark on the syringe total per arch per treatment. Keep Off the Gums - If you taste gel, there may have been too much gel in the mouthpiece and you may need to wipe the excess away. Thirty percent (30%) is the highest concentration for home use. If it gets on the gums, it will cause blanching. Extended exposure can result in the equivalent of a pizza burn – it heals very quickly, but is an unnecessary and undesirable irritation. Keep it Short - Don’t give in to the temptation to extend your treatments past 30 minutes. Most of the active ingredient has been expended and further wear may promote sensitivity. Blotching - It is fairly common for patients to see blotching - visibly uneven calcification of the teeth. It isn’t cause for concern. It will even out as the treatments are completed. Smile - Show off your smile and see how many compliments you receive. |