Understanding The TOOTH

Understanding Teeth Whitening

 When it comes to teeth whitening, we should understand the tooth has three main elements

1/ The Dentin being the tooth ‘bone’ itself.

It is what gives your teeth their natural pearly white colour

2/ The Enamel coats the dentin and is the clear and  glasslike surface we see on the outside of teeth

3/ The Pellicle is a lesser known, but most important, thin naturally forming protective skin coating the outside of the enamel

While brushing with whitening toothpaste can help remove some stains, the pellicle layer can never be fully removed at home through brushings and cleanings.

Unless the Pellicle skin is removed, stains remain trapped deep within the enamel are unable to be removed conventionally

This is the main reason many home DIY products and salon-grade whitening systems deliver poor results

Quite simply, when the glass-like enamel gets stained it is like looking at the natural pearly white colour of your teeth through a dirty glass window

Understanding The TOOTH PELLICLE

The TOOTH PELLICLE is a thin ‘Skin’ covering the Enamel Surface

The Pellicle skin MUST be removed before stains trapped deep within the enamel can be reached

The Pellicle skin is there to protect the enamel surface of your teeth.

However, highly acidic foods (such as tomato-based sauces, high sugar products, orange juice, coffee, and tea) can penetrate the pellicle at times exposing the porous enamel, depositing stains deep into the enamel making teeth look yellow

Unless the Pellicle skin is removed, stains remain trapped deep within the enamel and are unable to be removed conventionally

This is the main reason many home DIY products and salon-grade whitening systems deliver poor results

Using a modern catalyst-activated whitening gel such as OSMO™, quickly removes the Pellicle Skin during the first treatment cycle

Removing the TOOTH PELLICLE exposes the open ‘pores’ of the tooth enamel so that the Whitening Gel can migrate deep into the enamel and bleach out staining that is locked deep within the enamel, out of the reach of most DIY kits and weaker old-technology Salon-Grade teeth whitening systems