Acidic and strongly pigmented food, drink, tobacco as well as normal aging cause the staining that makes your teeth appear discoloured. WhiteScience's products remove stains by penetrating the tooth structure, erasing stains and rejuvenating the colour of your teeth.

Teeth whitening is principally a cosmetic procedure that removes stains and gives your teeth the appearance of a whiter and brighter smile. Like all cosmetic procedures, you cannot change your natural DNA. The colour of your teeth cannot change to a different colour than what you had when your adult teeth replaced your baby teeth. You can alter the natural base colour of your teeth only by having a cosmetic dentist replace your natural tooth structure with synthetic materials such as veneers, crowns or implants.

Most customers will see an improvement of 4 to 12 shades (with an average of 8) on the Vident scale, through either a SpaWhite or SolarWhite session. As with any cosmetic treatment, the degree of improvement is greatly influenced by the customer's age, dental health (particularly in the health of tooth enamel), thickness of enamel, general health, genetics , and personal or dietary habits. Regularity and quality of dental care, brushing and flossing habits as well as diet, smoking and use of certain prescription or recreational drugs can have significant effects on how white an individual's teeth will get.

WhiteScience's patented process is designed to be very safe and effective without causing any harm to healthy enamel. Our products are FDA approved and manufactured in an ISO approved factory in the USA under strict manufacturing standards. Some individuals have demineralised enamel (sometimes inaccurately called calcium deposits). This is a weakening in the enamel and is usually due to insufficient brushing and flossing. This condition is often seen after braces have been removed, since the braces “mask” the teeth from the dentifirice. Teeth that have demineralised areas will be whiter than the normal tooth structure causing a “spotty” type of appearance. This will normalise in a few days. Demineralised enamel is very porous, so it absorbs whitening and stains far faster than healthy enamel. Cosmetically this condition can be minimised by aggressive use of the WhiteICE maintenance product.

WhiteScience's products have been developed in such a way that the vast majority of customers will experience mild to no sensitivity. With the mild sensitivity, you may experience a sensation of “scrubbing bubbles” on their teeth. Peroxide is an antiseptic and reacts to germs and bacteria. All cleansing and whitening products will have a few customers who will feel a sense of discomfort or tooth sensitivity. A small percentage of customers will experience “blanching”, where the peroxide in the pads affects sensitive portions of the customers gums causing them to turn white. This may result in irritation or sensitivity for a short period of time. In rare instances, a customer may wake up the next day with a blister caused by the interaction of the peroxide with their gums. This is not harmful, but rather a healthy healing process to cure gums. If a customer's discomfort persists for more than one hour, they can rub vitamin E oil on the sensitive areas. Please note: sensitivity is actually highlighting an area that needed antiseptic attention and is an alert for the customer to seek periodontal treatment.

In most cases, the SpaWhite treatment can last up to a year when observing good dental hygiene. Additional use of the WhiteICE maintenance product and whitening toothpaste, will extend and even improve the whitening results.

SpaWhite will remove stains on caps and crowns, but it will not change their original colour. It is not intended to lighten artificial teeth, caps, crowns, veneers, porcelain, composite (white) fillings, or other restorative materials. The colour of these structures will remain the colour they were when installed.

It is best not to eat or drink any dark coloured food or beverage for 24 hours after treatment. If you must drink a dark coloured beverage, use a straw to avoid soaking the teeth in the liquid.

Standard protocol ... anyone who is pregnant or breastfeeding should avoid getting their teeth whitened.