According TO THE UNITED DAILY NEWS OF Taiwan, THE POPULARITY OF TOOTH WHITENING BY ENTERTAINERS AND MODELS HAS LED TO THE OPENING OF A CHAIN OF whitening PATCH DENTAL CLINICS IN Taiwan.
Dentists remind, whitening patch can quickly make teeth beautiful, still need to pay attention to future maintenance.
Tsai Jui-hsin, director of Taiwan Meisheng Dental clinic chain, said that many celebrities and entertainers’ white teeth are actually the result of ceramic whitening patches. The latest trend is to make the impression first, and then send the video to the computer for 3D design and production. Patients can also preview the 3D effect in advance.
The current market for a tooth whitening patch in Taiwan is about NT $15,000 to more than NT $20,000.
Chua said most of the cost goes into materials to make the patch more sophisticated, while the strips are “noble and inexpensive” because doctors are employed in clinics and labor costs are reduced.
But in order to make the radian of whitening patch natural shape, when opening mouth, will not see with other tooth color difference, at least eight at a time.
However, not all teeth are suitable or can be treated with whitening strips directly.
“Just like putting ceramic tiles on a building, we need to make sure the main structure is stable,” said Cheng Xinzhong, vice president of the hospital affiliated to Taipei Medical University. Before whitening, we need to make sure that the teeth covered by porcelain tiles have no cavities, periodontal disease or structural lesions. Otherwise, we need to treat them well first.
The TOOTH HAS TAKEN OUT NERVE TO DO ROOT CANAL TREATMENT, it IS not suitable to do whitening patch, HAD BETTER choose the denture THAT HAS ARTIFICIAL TOOTH ROOT, ABILITY ENSURES THE FUNCTION OF TOOTH CHEWING.
