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Kugel?
"A recent study by Kugel et al, has shown that as much as 4 shades of lightness can be lost over 30 days with light-activated/office bleaching."
- Who is Kugel? A reference is needed
- Is there a technical definition for a "shade of lightness"?
-- Kaszeta 21:06, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
I agree that this part is unclear. Is it saying the rebound makes the teeth darker by four shades beyond the original lightness or just darker than the post-bleaching level?
201.241.121.148 17:32, 22 September 2007 (UTC)There is a technical definition of shade of teeth color. Dentists standardly use it to determine which color they should use for a particular filling when using composite (white) as opposed to amalgam (metallic) materials to do their work. For example, your teeth could be B1 or A2, depending on various factors. In this article they talk about it:
"Title:Enhanced tooth shade guide Document Type and Number:United States Patent 7118374 / Link to this page:http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7118374.html"
The guardian--C. Booker
while not entirely incorrect, the bombastic and inflamitory remarks of the source whose "teeth looking as though life itself had wiped its arse" and he "contemplated running outside and tossing my head under a bus" is not acceptable. Find a credible source-not someone who will say anything for attention.
... No actually some research on side effects is actually performed during clinical trials in a somewhat rigorous (or so we hope) manner.
18.111.40.19 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:20, 21 August 2009 (UTC).
Pictures Please
Like many other dental articles we need to add some photos here - before and after type things. If anyone has access to these images then please post them otherwise I will try and find a link to some.
Thinning of enamel
I ran across a statement somewhere else (sorry, I don't recall where :-() that the yellowing of teeth with age was due at least in part to the thinning of the enamel, so that the yellower inner layers of the tooth could show through. I don't see anything in this article (or the other articles on similar topics) that refers to this theory, so maybe it's an urban legend. At any rate, could someone who knows the truth about this idea add something on the page about it? Thanks!
Mcswell 14:14, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
American Culture
The comment about tooth whitening being due to the spread of American culture is subjective, as are comments about white teeth being associated with youth. Unusual Cheese 15:40, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
You are technically correct. However, the XO/XB bleaching shades in the vita 3D shade guide were AFAIK created for the US market - they are shades that correlated to overbleached (unnaturally high value) teeth. Also, teeth do yellow with age (this is not subjective), so it is possible that white teeth be associated with youth.Dr-G - Illigetimi non carborundum est. 19:07, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Oil pulling for tooth whitening--delete?
Oil pulling should not be mentioned in this article, given the dispute within the oil pulling article's talk page (over neutrality and reliability of sources). The claim of tooth whitening through oil pulling is not substantiated in either article. I found the reference to oil pulling in the tooth bleaching article to be misleading--I was looking for reliable information on tooth whitening, not a 'treatment' that claims to ameliorate AIDS and cure leukemia along with a host of unrelated ailments (see first 'reference' in oil pulling article, "oilpulling.com"). 69.134.79.254 04:40, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Bold merge.
I'm going to be bold and merge this page into tooth whitening. WLU (talk) 12:19, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Merge with Whitening strips
The Whitening strips article does not present sufficient information to stand on its own. I recommend that it be merged here. Neelix (talk) 17:35, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Infobox image caption
The caption contains capitalized words and something about a brush. It is confusing. I would make the edit but I am not familiar with the product. Please, could somebody fix it. Thank yooooooooo.--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:23, 18 August 2009 (UTC) I think the suggestion to merge whitening strips into this section is good, and not only the strips but other things like laser treatment and so many other things too, so that, researcher will have all related data about teeth whitening under one umbrella! Thanks! Mudassir —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.186.69.210 (talk) 06:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Discovered by a Mom
i have seen a recurrent internet 'advert' claiming to offer information on a simple trick for teeth whiteing supposedly discovered by a mom, and only costing 5USD. Because i avoid ad-clicking and Wikipedia is my main source of info, i am left without a bright smile to enlighten me (or other wikipedians) ;) 79.76.215.56 (talk) 02:23, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Teeth Whitening FAQ
Would it be appropriate to add a link to a specific brand of teeth whitening's FAQ?
Sometimes brands are mentioned in other categories, vehicles for example, and Zoom has become a market leader in bleaching/whitening.
I found a good FAQ on on Zoom at and Auckland dentist site
Hochelaga Bryant —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.173.205 (talk) 19:
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