Dental Advice: Teeth Whitening?

I would like help of the yahoo answers community but would particularly appreciate some answers from Dental technicians? I have always had yellow teeth; I clean them but have never had white teeth. I enquired about this with my Dentist about having them whitened, and he started giving me some prices…yes they were steep in the region of £700. I have read good reports about Boots Teeth Whitening Programme which is available over the counter. The one report says that the instructions mention that, don't use if you have gum disease, gingivitis. I have also read this for myself as well. And that is the problem my teeth bleed quite bad when I clean them. The top ones are ok at the front but the molars bleed at the back. The bottoms are quite bad. The gums are receding in the inside/back of the bottom teeth; I hasten to say that they are not lose. I want to keep my teeth for as long as possible and don't want to accelerate/make the gums recede any more than what they already are! Can anyone advise of/if this will make my gum disease/gingivitis any worse than what they already are. I really do want to whiten my teeth just a little bit; I don't want a Hollywood smile. Thank you
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first you should discuss with your dentist the conditions of your teeth. for possible gingivitis or gum disease but you gum wont get worse if you decide to whiten your teeth. my suggestion is that you rinse your mouth with warm water put in a teaspoon of salt and rinse your mouth for a week it will help your gum to heal and stop the bleeding. for the whitening I think you should use the crest whitening strip it has less concentration from the regular gel that dental office use. because if you have receding gum your teeth will be extremely sentitivity using the whitening gel from your dentist or laser.. you should try first with the crest whitening to see if your are going to be able to tolerate the whitening material.
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