Your Social Interactions Can Benefit From Teeth Whitening

Can professional teeth whitening have a direct impact on your social interactions? The answer is yes. This is because teeth whitening gives you brighter, whiter teeth that make your smile more attractive. Study after study has shown that a smile is one of the most innate and powerful tools we have to make friends, influence people, and create a positive environment around us. From a purely psychological perspective, if you have whiter and more beautiful teeth, there is a 100 percent chance you will want to smile more and show off those pearly whites. Of people polled, 52 percent said they were absolutely sure they would smile more if they had a better-looking smile. This is critical when you consider the impact a smile has on social situations. In a job interview, you want to appear smart, competent, and friendly, hence why you smile. When in a first meeting with a friend or on a date, you smile to break the ice. Smiles are used everywhere, with over 53 percent of people noticing your smile before they take in anything else about you. An impactful 89 percent believe that a smile augments your appearance and makes you appear more attractive, making teeth whitening an important part of the impression you can make. Despite this intrinsic knowledge we have of how a smile can help or hurt us, over 26 percent of the population will not visit the dentist to improve their smile. Teeth whitening is an easy and effective way to enhance your appearance.

This is because teeth whitening is one of the most common and simple solutions available. In fact, it is so popular, there are dozens of over-the-counter kits people can use to get their teeth whitening done. We prefer that you either get your teeth whitening done by us in the clinic, where it is both quicker and in a more controlled medical environment, or that we are at least part of the process, providing you with guidance. Before you start whitening your teeth, you should always have an oral check-up to ensure that you do not have any issues that may preclude you from whitening your teeth. While these are few and far between, you do not want to start whitening your teeth until you are sure that you do not have any such challenges. If so, we have numerous other ways to help you get the brighter, whiter teeth that you want.

Of all the reasons that may prevent you from getting your teeth whitening done, the most obvious is because you have had previous work done on the front-facing surfaces of your teeth. When you have porcelain veneers placed or a tooth capped with a dental crown or bonding done, the material we use is permanently stained to a particular color and so cannot be bleached. This makes it impossible to whiten your teeth, even the surrounding ones unless you want to replace the fabrication as well.