I’m a Smoker, is Teeth Whitening Still Possible?

Yes, but during the treatment period, the patient will have to

cease smoking. The carcinogenic potential of nicotine is substantially increased in the presence of peroxide. It takes 24 hours after the treatment for the harmful effect of peroxide to disappear.

For the home kit bleaching, the patient will have to cease smoking for the 2 weeks of the trays treatment.

For those who are

NOT willing to stop

smoking, the alternative lies in the clinical “laser” bleach. The clinical

bleaching is faster and more efficient. Since the whole procedure barely lasts two

hours, the patient will only have to avoid smoking for the 24 hours following

the treatment instead of the two weeks of bleaching at home.

Although the clinical bleach is faster

and more efficient, the expected

results will be approximately the same than the home kit

bleaching. The only difference is in the treatment duration,

and therefore, the non-smoking period.