Teeth Whitening Treatments
October 30, 2009 by Dunkin
Teeth whitening treatment is the new cosmetic craze to bring out a dazzling smile. An ADA approved gel containing a specific amount of bleaching agent is used for this kind of treatment with or without the use of laser lights.
There are several methods used for teeth whitening, but all of these methods use bleaching agents, with hydrogen peroxide base.
Professional or in-office teeth whitening treatment is performed by a licensed dentist in his office. In this type of treatment, the dentist uses a high concentration of the bleaching agent (hydrogen peroxide) under carefully controlled procedures. With the use of a specially fitted bleaching tray, the dentist applies the bleaching agent to the teeth, after painting a protective rubber dam to the gums. Generally the bleaching agent remains on the teeth for about 15-20 minutes interval. In-office teeth whitening treatments usually lasts for 30 to 90 minutes and may need 2 to 3 visits depending on the amount of discoloration and the amount of lightening desired. In some cases, the dentist may allow the patient to continue the treatment at home, with special instructions. In-office teeth whitening treatment produce the best results at the shortest time, usually within two weeks after treatment.
Another in-office method of teeth whitening involves the use of special light or a laser beam. After application of the bleaching agent to the teeth, a special kind of light that produces heat or a laser beam is directed towards the teeth to hasten the process of whitening process.
In-home whitening methods use two types of in-home whitening kits.
The professionally dispensed whitening kit is especially prepared for the patient by the licensed dentist. These kits are specific to the needs of the particular patient and include a lower concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the bleaching agent and a custom-made bleaching tray that is made to fit the patient’s teeth. Special instructions are given to the patient for the use of the take-home kits. Because the bleaching agent has lower concentration of hydrogen peroxide, it can be stay on the teeth using the bleaching tray for longer periods without any risks to the gums. It can be worn for several hours each day. This method of treatment can produce the best results over a longer period of time, usually about four weeks or longer.
Over the counter take home teeth whitening kits are the cheapest type of home-whitening kits. This kit includes the lowest concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the bleaching agent and a one size fits all bleaching tray. The bleaching tray may not fit all teeth properly and may cause abrasion or burning to the gums from seepage of the bleaching agent. This method is the most risky because of the absence of professional help and guidance. The instructions on the kit may not be fully understood by the user which increases the risk of side effects or damage. This method may not be as effective as the other methods and will take longer use to get some results.
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Let’s talk, TDA
In Austin, Texas, on October 1, a line was crossed in dental history in this fine state. The Texas Dental Association’s Director of Membership was ordered by her boss to block a TDA member from access to the professional organization’s Facebook account, and to delete everything I posted. She was told that it had to be done to protect other Facebook members from danger. So with the click of a mouse under a heavy hand, the Director of Members wiped the TDA site clean of 80% of its accumulated content without explanation or warning. In the subsequent email I received from the Director – only upon asking for help to get onto the site – I was informed that my membership privilege to post my opinion was revoked not only from the TDA Facebook, but also the TDA Twitter account for “safety” reasons. Twitter was quickly restored, but only after I complained about the pettiness of my organization’s actions. What were they thinking? They were using Facebook rules to block me from Twitter. I sure hope I’ll still get the TDA Journal.
The news about my banishment was surprisingly sudden considering that I had been posting comments and photos on the TDA site for two months and nobody had said anything about the harm I caused. As a matter of fact, I had posted many of the same articles elsewhere on the Internet and received numerous notes of gratitude for the information – including compliments from TDA members. And judging from the popularity of my pieces as revealed by their pagerank, I say if the TDA is serious about protecting society by censoring me, the 213 Facebook members is only a miniscule fraction of those who read what I write. But don’t get me wrong. It’s a damn good start at tyranny.
Many TDA members have actually confided that they trust me to deliver timely, unbiased information about the dental industry that they can no longer depend on from the ADA. Can you believe that? If I were still permitted to do so, I’d post that statement on TDA Facebook without hesitation. And I’d do it just because I know it is exactly the kind of information the Director’s boss thinks he or she is big enough to silence.
So who is the nameless mid-level TDA executive protecting? One has to assume it is BCBSTX and the NPI number because those two items were all that was mentioned in the official email I received.
Coincidentally, here is some fresh and important news members are unlikely to ever hear from the TDA. Today, as I was writing this piece, Pecan Discount Pharmacy in Granbury, Texas refused to fill my patient’s prescription because I do not have an NPI number. Even though I am a licensed dentist in the state of Texas with current DEA and state permits to prescribe antibiotics to my patient, I could not help her obtain the medicine she needs.
So who does the NPI number hurt? And for what?
Yesterday a BCBS employee lost a laptop containing unencrypted information about 850,000 physicians in the nation. Not only does someone now have the doctors’ NPI numbers, but also 850,000 social security numbers that the voluntary NPI numbers were meant to replace. Go BSBS!
Yet incredibly, it is TDA policy to squelch any discussion of the NPI. TDA officers, you must be aware by now that things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. And that is your decision to draw this out, not mine.
In defense of my honor against 15 allegations of misconduct from the Texas Dental Association, including breaking the law and posting pornography, I would like to provide links to most of the comments I posted on the discussion forum of the TDA Facebook, and allow readers to determine for themselves whether harm was done to anyone other than BCBSTX. And who really gives a crap about them anyway?
Since TDA leaders are so quiet, it’s difficult to determine which of my articles TDA leaders found offensive to membership. If TDA members asked me what topics one should avoid in order to keep from suddenly being dropped from the group, I honestly don’t know what to tell them. I don’t precisely know how I drove a rational TDA employee to suddenly become protective of other adults’ thoughts. Like I stated before, I no longer have records of what I posted on the TDA Facebook. I went to DentistryiQ to retrieve what I think were the majority of the 30 plus items I posted on the TDA Facebook between the first of August and October 1.
October 1, “Evelyn Ireland – NADP misinformation source.”
- It is my opinion that the National Association of Dental Plans holds too much power over the ADA – threatening them with the Sherman Anti-trust Act every time ADA leaders attempt to help patients afford safe dental care. That playing field can be leveled immediately if we strike down the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945. Are you sure you don’t want to keep this one posted, TDA?
September 27. “HIPAA fines and other absurdities.”
- Stolen laptops, which draw inspectors like chiggers, mean bankruptcy anyway. So what the hell?
September 26. “Encrypt or de-identify – Which one just might work?”
- Seriously. Of everything I posted on the TDA Facebook, this one is by far the most important, and by February 22, 2010, numerous Texan dentists will agree with me. If anyone at TDA headquarters has read down this far, I give you permission to re-post or even re-write this article on the Facebook. And since image is so important to you people, you can post it anonymously or pick a name. De-identification will ultimately be the solution to identity theft from Texas dentists’ offices which the TDA has yet to recognize. Please don’t let history show that the Texas Dental Association’s image delayed the magic of Open-Source Evidence-Based Dentistry. You might have to move to Oklahoma.
September 22. “D. Kellus Pruitt’s rebuttal to Dr. Ron Tankersley’s interview part II
- If this were a horse race, I’d place this rebuttal, “D. Kellus Pruitt DDS predicts BCBSTX will abandon Twitter,” and “CDT Codes” as 1 – 2 – 3 in what the TDA considers dangerous information. Is it a coincidence that they were all posted a week before the national meeting? (Gasp!) If the ADA can lobby Congress, can’t I lobby the ADA House of Delegates using a TDA Website? I hear I have a couple of fans.
September 21. “CDT Codes = ADA Cash Cow”
- Ouch!
September 20. “D. Kellus Pruitt DDS predicts BCBSTX will abandon Twitter”
September 12. “Dr. Ron Tankersley’s interview draws a rebuttal”
September 6. ” American Benefit Credit retracts Red Flags Rule statement”
September 6. “Take it from a forensic dentist – Koresh is dead”
- I’ve received a lot of compliments for this piece. I’m sorry the TDA failed to appreciate it.
September 2. “Dr. Donald Cohen’s opportunity”
August 30 “Busting HIPAA myths”
August 28. “D. Kellus Pruitt tells Jason Glavin, ‘Keep smiling’”
August 27. ” CareCredit responds to D. Kellus Pruitt DDS”
- The ADA’s highest officials could not get CareCredit/GE officials to admit to ADA members that by signing contracts with the financial firm, dentists become covered entities under the Red Flags Rule. I found that if one pokes a sharp stick in the tender spots enough times, one can get even the fattest dinosaurs to lay down and roll over.
August 27. “Kelly Mclendon RHIA stands up to D. Kellus Pruitt DDS”
August 22. “Calling all HIPAA consultants”
- There was a decent discussion between HIPAA consultant Tim Gregory and me somewhere around this time which is gone forever. I wonder if it disappoints Mr. Gregory. It was the best discussion about HIPAA yet. Way to go, TDA. How do you eat with those hands?
August 20 “BCBSTX reverses NPI policy”
- Why is it that the TDA does not want this publicized?
August 19. “Olivia Wann RDH questioned by D. Kellus Pruitt DDS”
August 18. “Hot News – FTC issues final rule on breaches”
- I broke this news a week before any ADA news outlet mentioned it.
August 17. “TDA welcomes transparency”
- For a short period of time.
August 15. “MyFax hybrid permits interoperability”
- This is another important article the TDA needs to post anonymously. Or if they prefer, they can just quietly wait and see if I’m right once again.
August 15. “Kelly Mclendon RHIA censors D. Kellus Pruitt DDS”
- I like it to be known that I bite the hand that would shut me up.
August 11. “HITECH/HIPAA Breach notification”
- I scooped the ADA as usual.
August 9. “HIPAA consultants – Who can one trust?”
Those who are following the TDA Facebook simply can’t help but notice that something drastic happened. After all, once my 30 or so contributions disappeared, the site returned to its original 5 vanilla comments, a few group pictures and going nowhere. But the Website sure looks good.
This is not looking good for you, TDA. Want to see hard justice in a cold Internet world that lacks traditional, meaningless respect for bureaucrats? I predict that this very article will become more popular than most I have written. There is a reason I did not mention names that I could easily include. I’m benevolent. So don’t forget that I offered the first token of good will. You are not in a strong position.
D. Kellus Pruitt; DDS
John – - -
I apologize for the delay in responding. I have been away much of the past week.
I would like to participate in a future MHFT Radio broadcast. It would be better for me if we looked out a few weeks in the future because I am really tied up right now trying to get a website developer to finish a job so we can get a new economics blog up and running.
I don't really do broad business cycle projections and the like. I like the history of the business cycle but that is probably not a good topic for your show. (One of the best people I know on economic indicators is Steve Hansen. Have you considered him as a guest? He is in the midst of a move back to the U.S. from the Far East, but you could reach him through the Seeking Alpha e-mail function.)
I do a lot of work on the correlation of employment to the business cycle and that has some characteristics that have some investment implications. I also have spent a lot of time looking at the housing market, which also has implications for investing.
Another topic that is possible would be the size of the crisis in dollar terms, even when adjusted for inflation, compared to the Great Depresssion. The big difference between then and now is that the holder of the world's fiat currency is now underwriting the financial structure with “whatever it takes”. The problem with this is that it takes years to unwind massive overleveraging. Ask Japan. The nub of the problem is that many are already talking of an exit strategy. This is like exiting an aircraft (without a parachute) in mid-flight.
I would have preferred a Swedish solution to the crisis but we have chosen the Japanese way and now have to see it through. However, there are still regulatory and accounting choices that can be made to improve on the Japanese outcome.
John, the e-mail that I monitor every day, even when travelling, is . Please respond there.
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