Dec 10 2008
How Much Do Custom Teeth Trays Cost?
Yes, if you want to have better teeth whitening results from bleaching teeth gel and other types of treatments that require the medicine to be adhered to your teeth for a long time, you do need customized teeth trays. These are usually made in the first appointment with your dentist whitening expert. Usually bundled as a package with effective Opalescence whitening teeth gels to last the entire treatment course, the estimated price is around…
$300 to $500
Ouch! You may think that dentist teeth whitening is going to hurt your wallet more than your teeth. However, customized teeth trays tend to be less bulky and fits easily especially if you have smaller mouths. You may not realize it but when our mouth and teeth are not in their natural resting position, the amount of saliva secretion is greatly increased. Can you remember your dental visits where your mouth is constantly wide open while resting on the dentist chair? You keep feeling the urge to spit out lots of saliva right? When the individualized designed teeth trays conform well to your unique teeth and mouth contours, it is more comfortable and less saliva is produced by your glands. This means the teeth gel applied inside the mouth trays are less likely to be washed away by your saliva, and you get to swallow less of the teeth whitening gels. Though hydrogen peroxide and other ingredients are claimed to be harmless when swallowed, I still do not enjoy the thought of it bleaching my internal organs. I am happy with their colors as it is.
My friend in UK told me about at home whitening teeth product that comes with a simple teeth impression mold putty Kit that allows to do make a customized set of upper and lower teeth trays at home by yourself. Inclusive of the whitening teeth gels, the cost is around $80 around currency conversion at today’s exchange rates. Hmmm, once again it proves that most of the cost with dentist whitening treatments is paid for the qualified dentist’s time. Although this can be justified most of the time due to their expertise, experience and just for safety measures, I think that very few things can go wrong when you are just trying to make a teeth mold yourself. The best case is you save at least $200 off the dentist fees while the worst that can happen is you end up with individualized teeth trays that do not fit so well.
