Some people have never had bright white teeth, even as teenagers, and wonder whether whitening can do anything for a colour that seems built in. This page is for St. Boniface residents asking that question, with assessment and treatment taking place at our clinic on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg.
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Beneath the enamel lies dentin, a layer with a natural yellowish tint. How much of it shows through depends partly on the enamel above it, so two people with equally healthy mouths can have quite different resting shades. A warmer tone is not, by itself, a sign that anything is wrong.
Peroxide-based gel lightens colour inside natural tooth structure, which means a naturally warm shade can often move somewhat lighter. How far it moves varies from person to person. An examination helps separate inborn tone from surface stain, age-related deepening or a problem in one tooth, and that distinction shapes what is worth trying.
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Dentin’s yellowish tint shows through enamel to differing degrees in different people.
Drinks, food, tobacco and plaque can add pigment over a naturally warm base.
An exam helps work out how much of what you see could respond to gel.
Whichever method is chosen, the gel is peroxide-based and the plan is set around your teeth, your gums and how sensitive you tend to be. A stronger product is not automatically a better fit.
With your gums and soft tissues shielded, concentrated gel is applied to the teeth. The team watches how the shade responds during the visit and can change course if sensitivity appears.
Custom trays hold a prescribed gel against your teeth for the length of time you are directed to wear them. The change builds slowly across many sessions.
If you have tooth-coloured fillings, bonding, veneers, crowns or bridges, they keep the colour they have now while natural enamel lightens around them.
An elective treatment should never cover up something that needs care.
Request your visitDecay, cracked teeth, inflamed gums, recession and leaking fillings are addressed ahead of whitening.
Recording where your colour starts gives an honest point of comparison later on.
Restorations that show when you smile may stop blending once the teeth around them lighten.
Past sensitivity and any exposed root surfaces help decide strength, timing and method.
It can help to know what you would consider a satisfying change, since a naturally warm shade may lighten without becoming stark white.
The request form asks for a visit; it does not hold a time. The clinic reaches out to set one with you.
A light blue dental chair in a treatment room, and a blue bench in the waiting area.
Temporary sensitivity often follows whitening, and how strong it feels differs between people. Lowering the gel concentration, shortening contact time or spacing treatments further apart can help, and a desensitizing product may be suggested.
Pausing as directed gives your teeth a chance to settle.
Loading a tray with more gel adds irritation, not brightness.
Sensitivity that is sharp or does not ease should be reported to the clinic by phone.
Keeping a lighter tone
No whitening result is permanent, and a naturally warm base does not disappear.
Tea, coffee, red wine, tobacco and plaque slowly settle back onto enamel.
Teeth naturally deepen in tone with age, whether or not they were whitened.
An occasional supervised top-up may be an option when colour returns.
Planning bonding or veneers too? Teeth are often whitened first, and the new colour is given time to settle before materials are matched.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)St. Boniface is in Winnipeg. People who live there have their whitening assessment and any treatment at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6.
Call (204) 338-3003 or send the form, and the clinic will follow up to arrange a time with you.
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Helpful details about teeth whitening in St. Boniface.
Ask our teamOften they can, because gel acts on the colour inside natural enamel and dentin. The amount of change differs between people and is discussed after an exam.
Not necessarily. Dentin is naturally yellowish, and how much of it shows varies. An examination is the way to know whether anything else is going on.
The dentist looks at the pattern of colour, your habits and the condition of each tooth. Surface pigment, deeper colour and single-tooth changes each look and behave differently.
Your goal is part of the conversation. A realistic range is discussed beforehand, and a modest lift is a perfectly reasonable thing to aim for.
No. Whitening is elective. Its purpose is cosmetic, which is why any health concerns found at the exam are dealt with before it.
They might, since restorative materials do not whiten. Visible fillings are pointed out during planning so you can decide what to do about them.
Phone (204) 338-3003 or send a request through the form. The clinic confirms a time with you, and the visit takes place at 2358 McPhillips Street.
When natural tone or dental work limits what whitening can do, these treatments are sometimes considered instead or alongside.
Learn how dental bonding in Winnipeg uses tooth-coloured resin to repair small chips, close minor spaces and refine tooth shape, often in one visit.
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