I once had a bad fall which made my tooth discolor, I done root canal treatment on that tooth. So, is it alright to use whitening strips on it? And will the whitening strips regains my discolor tooth back to the normal teeth color I have?
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It is alright to use whitening strips on a trauma tooth but you may not achieve the desired results. With what I know, the discoloration comes from the inside of the tooth, and the whitening can't reach too far into the tooth. If it did, then your vital teeth would all get painful. There is such a thing as intracoronal bleaching wherein a bleaching agent is placed within the root canal treated tooth to whiten its shade. Another solution that I can recommend is for you to have your teeth whitened, then if you feel that trauma tooth is still an off color compared to your other teeth, then you can go to a Dentist and have that tooth crowned. The porcelain crown will be made to match the color of the rest of your teeth. Good luck and I hope I helped you out
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