Is Zoom whitening worth the money?
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The white spots are caused from excessive fluoride ingested; it's called fluorosis and described as mottling. I would not recommend the zoom bleaching system especially to you due to the mottling. I'm speaking from the voice of experience since I've tried the zoom and brite smile, but I've used and still use my bleaching trays, for over ten or twelve years now, so what does that tell you? Most patients are extremely happy with the bleaching trays and solutions that your dentist can offer you. This method takes about two weeks to achieve the brightness you want and allows you to touch up months later when you feel like your teeth are getting a little dark. You use the trays for about 30 minutes to an hour, once or twice each day for two weeks, sometimes a little longer depending on the darkness of your teeth. There are various solutions of different strengths that can be used so that sensitivity is minimal. The zoom doesn't offer this, it's only advantage is that it takes an hour giving you the instant brightness that most patients want. Now I can tell you that all of the one hour products say they last a year or even two but I was using my trays within 6 months time after both of them. The one hour systems are about $600 for (what they say) a year vs. approximately $400 for many years. Like I said, I've used my same ones well over ten years that I can remember. Most patients don't wear the trays out; they burn them with hot curling irons or misplace them. So with the fluorosis that you have I would definitely use the dental bleaching trays so that "you" can monitor your whiteness level. I think you will be much happier with this method. Discuss this with your dentist, I'm sure he will give you the same information about the "trays" that I have. I don't think you will get the same information about the one hour system though, if his office is trying to sell it. Hope I've been of some help and good luck with which ever method that you choose. I almost forgot your question, yes it will make them more noticeable in the beginning, but as your teeth get brighter and lighter they will blend better. My daughter has the same problem and hers seemed to disappear after she did her bleaching trays. I hate to admit this, but no I do not think that Zoom is worth the money that most dentists are charging for the session. Additional information: You are correct, if they have the system they try to sell it and I hate that this is done by some dentist but it is. You have to understand, they have a price tag to pay for this equipment, even if it's not used. Some dentist will place, or have the lab place a "block" on the model prior to making the trays so they have a "pocket" or slight indentation. I prefer to make my own "without the block" added to the model. This way you use "less bleaching material", which means "less waste," the tray "fits tighter" over the teeth since it's been made from an exact replica of your teeth, which allows the material to be "expressed over the face of each tooth's entirety." This will give you an even bleaching process each and every time you bleach. You may have some of the material, usually on the lower anterior that seeps some on the bottom, but the material is pretty thick and will adhere to the teeth, so a little seepage is fine and should be wiped off. As far as saliva going up under the trays, it's not a possibility if the trays fit tight and are placed correctly. You might want to ask your dentist "not" to place the block on the model so the tray fits completely against the teeth. Some cases I've seen with the block placed have a tendency to allow the solution to "pool" leaving a space at the top of the upper near the tissue, and at the lower missing the incical edge of the teeth that doesn't get bleached as well. I just prefer to make mine without any added material, that way I'm sure the bleach will be flattened or expressed over the entire surface of the face of each tooth. I'm sure after you discuss this with your dentist he will make the trays without the block if you request it, unless he makes them that way already. If there is anything else I can help you with just let me know. Good luck, I'm sure you will love the bleaching process, how well it works and you're new brighter whiter smile!
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