Over time our teeth can change colour and become significantly darker. This can be as a result of the normal ageing process or due to the effects of things like tea, coffee, red wine and smoking.

Tooth whitening is a safe, predictable way of changing the colour of your teeth and transforming your smile. Here at Cherry Tree Dental Practice we have a variety of ways to help you whiten your teeth. Whichever one is best for you, you can be sure that you will have a professional team looking after you the whole time.

The two main ways we can whiten your teeth are:

1. Illumine home whitening system. We will need to take moulds of your teeth, which are then sent to the laboratory who make custom fit whitening trays. These trays are only a few millimetres thick, in order to be as comfortable as possible. These trays are then filled with whitening gel and worn overnight. Most people usually achieve a good result in two weeks, but this can sometimes be a little longer or shorter.
2. Enlighten deep whitening. This is similar to the Illumine system but uses a special sealed tray system fabricated in the USA. Once the two weeks are over, it is followed up by a short in surgery whitening session. Enlighten is widely considered the most effective whitening system available.

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