Bleaching in Zurich

After Bleaching, you should generally avoid coloring foods for 3 days. If possible, you should remove the following foods from your diet for the following 2 weeks:

• Red wine, grape juice, black, rooibos and green tea, coffee, cola
• Carrots, beet, peppers, spinach, tomatoes, berries, cherries, grapes
• Ketchup, mustard, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, saffron, curry, turmeric

Instead, you should eat white foods such as yoghurt, milk, quark, water, cauliflower, celery, turkey, fish, rice and white flour products (e.g. white bread, toast, semolina porridge, pasta, etc.).

Smoking should also be avoided for the first few days after Bleaching. Quitting smoking is recommended for long-lasting treatment results and contributing to your overall health.

Care should also be taken to ensure thorough and regular oral hygiene at home and regular professional Teeth cleaning, especially if you have a lifestyle with a high consumption of coffee, tea, red wine or nicotine.

As we pay attention to gentle and low-risk tooth whitening in our dental practice in Zurich, Bleaching can be repeated for example yearly, as often as required if the durability of the result decreases. Most patients experience brighter teeth than before, even 5 years after a power bleaching.

The health of your teeth always comes first, this also goes for aesthetic dental treatments. That’s why we take great care not to harm your teeth. In our 20 years plus of dental practice, biological materials that are particularly gentle on the tooth substance have proven their worth. Following Bleaching, we also seal your teeth so that they are protected from external influences.

The durability after tooth whitening depends on how thoroughly and regularly your teeth are cleaned afterwards and what foods you consume. We advise against high coffee or nicotine consumption, for example, as this can discolor teeth again. As a rule, however, it can be expected to last for several years. Then the effect slowly wears off and Bleaching can be repeated.

No, fillings or ceramic restorations such as Crowns and Bridges cannot be bleached. Once Bleaching is complete, fillings in the visible area must therefore be replaced in order to achieve an optimal treatment result. We do find fillings or ceramic restaurations benefitting from bleachings as they might appear “fresher” and more beautiful and white.

Tooth sensitivity may be sometimes excessive after Bleaching and the Gums may be irritated for 2-3 days. Tooth fluoridation is therefore important after power bleaching. Fluoridation forms a calcium fluoride coating on the tooth surface, including exposed tooth necks and the exposed dentinal tubules. These are thus covered and the discomfort is reduced. Our recommendation: Oral Care Relief Gel or GC Tooth Mousse. The discomfort usually disappears by itself after a short time. However, if they persist for longer than three days, please contact us immediately.