“I don’t like my teeth when I smile”
That’s a phrase I used before on my previous blog about dental health and one that’s very apt for this one too as I too don’t like my teeth when I smile. I don’t mind the shape so much and I quite like that my teeth are different as they are ‘family teeth’; you can see them in generation after generation of photographs! A bit of a quirk of dentistry that’s travelling down through the generations. However something I’d never thought about until about six months ago was the colour of my teeth.
I look after my teeth well and don’t have any fillings, which I know that at my age is quite rare. However I was filmed during the course of my work and a close up followed which showed my teeth from the side. It was unflattering and it was upsetting but it also gave me a wakeup call and showed me my teeth from a different angle, one I wouldn’t necessarily see in the mirror. So I decided to look into teeth whitening. Whiter smiles are all the rage and very in vogue, again looking to our American cousins who lead the way on this.
Now I’ve read all of the articles in magazines and on product packaging for whitening kits you can buy at the chemist yet I wasn’t convinced and I was 100% sure and I wanted the reassurance of a professional in the field rather than relying on my reading of the instructions properly. I wasn’t going to risk my teeth, it’s not like growing out a bad hair cut!
When I was at Arden House Dental and Cosmetic Clinic chatting to Sarah Farrier; Smile Designer and Implant Surgeon for my first blog, I mentioned my predicament and she kindly took the time to talk me through teeth whitening with the products they recommend. Arden House Dental use White Dental Beauty by Optident. The process was safe, quick and easy to follow and so I decided to go for it!
Sarah and her Team took impressions to make the whitening trays for my teeth and then a week later I went back to pick up my bespoke teeth whitening kit along with all the instructions I needed to proceed. It couldn’t have been easier.
There are four easy steps:
Simple!
The results after just a couple of weeks are well worth the small investment in time. My teeth are whiter but not a shocking brilliant white, more of a perfect good teeth type of white, creating a sparkle to my smile that I’m proud to show off.
Given that we live in a world where we seem to have unrestricted access through social media to other people’s lives and given that everyone it seems has a smart phone, we are just one click away from our smile being shared with the world whatever state its in. Is it any wonder that we are all more aware of how we look? A staggering 99.7% of people believe that their smile is an important social asset (Source: AACD). People believe that a brighter smile will improve their lives and given that it’s so easy, safe and with little commitment on your time, why not!
To visit Sarah and the Team contact them on 01242 512444 or pop in and see them at 232 London Rd, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham GL52 6HW.