Food you enjoy can leave its mark on your teeth over the years. For Elmwood residents, a whitening assessment at our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg looks at that colour and what might lift it.
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Turmeric, tomato sauce, soy sauce, beets, blueberries and cola all carry strong pigments. Over time they can settle onto enamel, especially where plaque collects, and teeth can gradually look warmer or duller than they once did.
Some of that colour stays on the surface, while some is tied to colour within the tooth itself, which naturally deepens with age. Peroxide-based whitening can lighten many of these changes in natural teeth. The response varies, so your teeth and gums are examined before a system is chosen.
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Stain from what you eat behaves differently from colour that comes with age, and both affect the outcome.
Pigment often clings where plaque builds up, so a cleaning can be part of the picture.
Your dentist can talk about habits without asking you to give up the food you enjoy.
A higher concentration will not necessarily serve a food lover better. Where your shade begins, how touchy your teeth have been and the routine you could really keep up are what decide it.
After your gums and soft tissues are covered, gel is placed carefully on your teeth. The dental team checks the change in shade as the appointment goes on.
Trays fitted to your teeth keep prescribed gel in contact for a directed time, and colour lightens over a series of applications.
Whatever stain sits on a filling, a bonded edge, a crown, a bridge or a veneer, peroxide will not lighten the material underneath. Those spots may call for a different plan.
Your initial visit separates the colour whitening can address from anything that needs other treatment.
Request your visitCavities, cracked teeth, recession, sore or swollen gums and worn restorations are looked for before cosmetic work.
Surface deposits trap pigment, and removing them first may change how your teeth look before any gel is used.
Your current colour is recorded so you can compare honestly later on.
Restorations that show and any sensitivity you have noticed are discussed alongside the shade you hope to reach.
There is no need for a food diary. A rough idea of the strongly coloured foods and drinks you have most often helps explain your staining.
Sending the form is a request, not an appointment. You will hear from the clinic with a time.
A teal treatment chair, and a blue bench in the waiting area.
Hot soup or an iced drink may feel sharper than usual for a while. That passing sensitivity happens to many people and tends to fade, but it ranges from barely noticeable to quite strong. A weaker gel, shorter wear, fewer sessions or a desensitizing product are all options your team can turn to.
If you are asked to stop for a few days, follow that advice before carrying on.
Filling your trays with extra gel does not improve the result and can add to discomfort.
A sharp ache, or one that does not fade, is a reason to call the clinic.
Still enjoying your meals
Whitening does not make teeth stain-proof. The same foods and drinks will continue to add colour, slowly.
Every curry night and glass of cola nudges your teeth back toward their old shade, and tobacco, plaque and the years do the same.
Regular brushing and cleaning appointments help limit how much pigment builds up.
Ask whether an occasional supervised touch-up suits you when colour drifts back.
Wondering when to eat or have a drink around a tray application? Raise it with the team before your first one.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Elmwood is in Winnipeg. Assessment and whitening for its residents happen at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6.
Reach the clinic at (204) 338-3003 or send a request through the form. A team member will contact you about a suitable time.
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Helpful details about teeth whitening in Elmwood.
Ask our teamFoods and drinks with strong natural or added colour, such as curries, berries, dark sauces and cola, are common sources. How much they affect you also depends on plaque and your own enamel.
Food pigment is among the colour changes that often respond to whitening, but results vary. An examination helps tell whether the stain is on the surface or deeper.
Not necessarily. Strongly coloured foods will gradually bring colour back, so you might simply expect to touch up at some point rather than avoid them.
Often it is a mix of both. Natural colour deepens with age, while pigment from food adds to it. The dentist can help explain what you are seeing.
It may help, because deposits on the teeth can hold pigment. Your dentist can tell you whether a cleaning is a sensible first step.
Plaque build-up, worn areas and existing restorations can all make some teeth look different. Dental work will not lighten, which can make uneven colour more obvious.
You can pick up the phone and dial (204) 338-3003, or fill in the short form here. Your appointment will be at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, once the clinic has confirmed it.
Sometimes deposits, old fillings or worn edges explain more than food does. These pages cover related care.
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