Average of five shades lighter at two weeks.
Custom-made trays and a professional-strength gel used at home over two to three weeks. Safe, predictable, and you keep the trays for top-ups.
What happens at the appointment
- Examination to check whitening is suitable
- Impressions for custom trays
- Fitting, gel and instructions
You get a written plan and the price before any treatment starts. If you have questions, phone the practice and ask for the whitening team.
- Usually right when
- Healthy teeth darkened by tea, coffee, wine or age
- A wedding or an event with a date on it
- Before a filling or crown at the front, so the shade matches
- We would say so if
- Crowns, veneers and fillings do not lighten
- Untreated decay or gum disease: health first
- Under 18
- From £295 includes
- Custom trays from a scan
- Professional gel for two weeks at home
- Sensitivity gel
- A shade record before and after
- Top-up syringes for a year
What happens
- 1.
Visit 1
Scan and shade record. Trays ready in a week.
- 2.
Two weeks
Trays at night. Most people see the change by day five.
- 3.
Visit 2
Final shade check and photograph.
Honestly, what can go wrong
- Sensitivity during the two weeks, managed with gel
- Results fade over one to three years; top-ups included
People ask
Will it hurt?
Some people get short-lived sensitivity. We adjust the gel strength and give you a desensitising toothpaste if needed.
Also: Examination, Hygiene visit, White fillings, Invisalign.