Teeth Whitening
Professional at-home whitening with trays made to your own teeth — several shades lighter, safely.
Brighter Smile
Several shades lighter.
Safe
Dentist-supervised throughout.
Tailored
Trays cast from your teeth.
Long Lasting
One to three years, with top-ups.
Want a brighter smile?
£300 for the full kit, or £270 if you are on the Dental Care Plan.
Teeth darken. It is mostly not your fault.
Tea, coffee, red wine and tobacco all stain, and enamel thins with age so the yellower dentine beneath starts to show through. Whitening reverses a good deal of that, safely and without touching the tooth structure itself.
How whitening works
A peroxide gel breaks down the staining compounds that have accumulated within the enamel. Nothing is removed and nothing is added — the tooth simply goes back towards the shade it started at.
In the UK it is illegal for anyone other than a dental professional to carry this out, and there is good reason for that: the products sold online are either too weak to work or strong enough to burn your gums.
How we do it
Custom Tray Whitening
Trays made from impressions of your own teeth, plus dentist-supplied gel, used at home over a few weeks.
- Trays cast from your teeth, so the gel stays on the tooth and off the gum
- Professional-strength gel, supplied by us
- Worn for a set period each day across two to four weeks
- Gradual, which means an even result and far less sensitivity
- £300, or £270 for plan members
Top-Up Gel
Keep the trays and the shade is easy to maintain — a single top-up every so often is all it takes.
- Additional gel syringes at £30 each
- Use your existing trays, so no new impressions
- Useful before a wedding or a holiday
- Far cheaper than starting again
What to expect
Most people end up several shades lighter. How far it goes depends on where you started and what caused the staining — greyish discolouration responds less well than yellowing.
One thing worth knowing before you start: whitening only works on natural tooth. Crowns, veneers and white fillings stay exactly the shade they are, so if you have work at the front we will plan the order carefully, whitening first and matching the restorations afterwards.
Expect one to three years before you want a top-up, depending largely on how much coffee is involved.
Is it safe?
Yes, done properly. We check first that your teeth and gums are healthy — whitening over decay or active gum disease is a genuinely bad idea, which is one reason the online kits cause trouble.
Some sensitivity during the course is common and settles within a few days of finishing. If it bothers you, we can slow the process down or switch to a lower concentration.