Do you use whitening products?

Contributor: klyte klyte
The number of people that use products to whiten their teeth has grown so much over the years. Do you use them?
Answers (public voting - your screen name will appear in the results):
Yes, often.
Katelyn
1
Sometimes.
Peggi , GravyCakes , Breas , Coralbell , Mr.Zombie , unfulfilled
6
I don't like to use them.
T&A1987 , SexyTabby , dv8 , WhoopieDoo , null , Lummox , HomuHomu , The Curious Couple , ily , PassionateLover2 , Pink Jewel , Ghost , Diabolical Kitty , Love Perpetua , Valentinka , toxie m , zeebot , TheSlyFox , A Closet Slut (aka nipplepeople) , Shellz31
20
Total votes: 27 (27 voters)
Poll is closed
12/03/2011
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Contributor: T&A1987 T&A1987
The most i use is toothpaste plus whitening.
12/03/2011
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
It's not that I don't like them but I'm allergic to a lot of them. I have to use prescription tooth paste as it is.
12/03/2011
Contributor: WhoopieDoo WhoopieDoo
I think blazing white teeth look unnatural and a little creepy.

Adult teeth are naturally not as white as baby teeth. I'd rather have healthy teeth than be able to help land airplanes with them.
12/03/2011
Contributor: null null
No, I have very sensitive teeth and whiteners only hurt and break down my enamel more.
12/03/2011
Contributor: MrWishyWashy MrWishyWashy
No, would like to give it a try though.
12/03/2011
Contributor: HomuHomu HomuHomu
I tried it once, and it hurt my teeth really bad. :[
12/03/2011
Contributor: GravyCakes GravyCakes
i tried it once, but didn't see too much of a difference.
12/03/2011
Contributor: potstickers potstickers
The sad thing is that a large majority of toothpastes now contain whiteners. I don't like these as I have senstitive teeth and even small amounts hurt.
12/03/2011
Contributor: The Curious Couple The Curious Couple
I don't use any whiteners besides what my normal brand of toothpaste has in it's formula.
12/03/2011
Contributor: PassionateLover2 PassionateLover2
Don't need too. Just use toothpaste. I keep my teeth all Na-tur-al!
12/04/2011
Contributor: Pink Jewel Pink Jewel
My toothpaste has it.
12/04/2011
Contributor: Ghost Ghost
I tried the white strips once, as an experiment, and they caused me such intense pain (the nerves within the teeth) that I never used them again.

Just as an aside, we did an experiment at work where we each (four of us) created monocultures of our oral bacteria (and then identified them) and tested the efficacy of everyone's toothpaste in inhibiting biofilm formation (biofilms are what you would consider plaque... what rots your teeth). For every brand we tested, the whitening formulas (often with hydrogen peroxide as the active ingredient) were the least effective in preventing biofilm formation.
12/04/2011
Contributor: Diabolical Kitty Diabolical Kitty
Nope not me!
12/04/2011
Contributor: Breas Breas
Quote:
Originally posted by T&A1987
The most i use is toothpaste plus whitening.
This. this is the only thing we use sometimes so I put "sometimes"
12/04/2011
Contributor: Coralbell Coralbell
My dentist had an offer where new patients got free whitening, so I have some bleaching trays. I've used them twice (for a week at a time, not individual uses) but I think the last time was last winter, so it's been a while. Maybe I'll do it again over my Christmas break. It's a bit of a hassle when I'm busy.
12/04/2011
Contributor: switzerland switzerland
i did use the crest whitestrips for sensitive teeth - they did work. not to the extent of the regular because the sensitive wasn't as strong. but i use the crest 3d whitening toothpaste and that keeps everything clean and shiny - and advanced listerine plus
12/04/2011
Contributor: potstickers potstickers
Quote:
Originally posted by Ghost
I tried the white strips once, as an experiment, and they caused me such intense pain (the nerves within the teeth) that I never used them again.

Just as an aside, we did an experiment at work where we each (four of us) created monocultures of ... more
That's interesting, and not surprising. Thanks for sharing!
12/04/2011
Contributor: Valentinka Valentinka
My Mom used to work as a dentist (it was her first education), so she's quite aware of these products and always recommends me to stay away from them. I have rather sensitive teeth and don't want to damage my enamel.
12/04/2011
Contributor: toxie m toxie m
Nope. My teeth are white enough.
12/04/2011
Contributor: zeebot zeebot
No, they can damage the enamel on your teeth.
12/05/2011
Contributor: TheSlyFox TheSlyFox
I don't use any whitening tooth paste, Just normal!
12/05/2011
Contributor: Shellz31 Shellz31
My toothpaste has a whitening already in it, but that's not why I use it. I don't use other whitening products.
12/05/2011
Contributor: unfulfilled unfulfilled
I've used them before like right before I got married, but not recently. I try to buy really nice electric toothbrushes that remove all junk and sometimes use whitening toothpaste.
12/05/2011