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You paid for a brighter smile. Here is how to keep it, straight from a Gig Harbor dental practice.
The first 48 hours matter most. Freshly whitened enamel is temporarily more porous, so anything that would stain a white shirt will stain your teeth. Skip coffee, tea, red wine, cola, soy sauce, tomato sauce, berries, and tobacco for two days. After that, a straw for iced coffee and a glass of water after anything dark does more for longevity than most people expect.
Cleanings still do the heavy lifting. Much of what reads as yellowing is surface buildup that a hygienist removes in twenty minutes. A checkup every six months keeps the shade stable far longer than repeat bleaching.
Touch-ups beat starting over. If you were fitted for custom trays, a single overnight top-up every few months holds the result without the sensitivity that comes from over-bleaching.
The whitening treatments at Oceanspray Dental Health include both in-office sessions and custom take-home trays scanned to fit your bite, with Drs. Remy Rogers and Matthew Stadler checking first that the discoloration will actually respond to bleaching.
Book at 5122 Olympic Drive, Suite B204, Gig Harbor, WA 98335. Open Monday to Thursday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Call (253) 853-3315 or email info@oceanspraydental.com. New patients welcome in Gig Harbor, Purdy, Fox Island, Port Orchard, and Pierce County.
