Boutique Whitening is a premium quality whitening gel that delivers superior results, sometimes with a noticeable improvement in just a few days. It uses trays and gel, to gently whiten your teeth, over a period of a couple of weeks. This is the safest and most evidenced-based method of whitening your teeth. You simply wear the trays with the gel for 2 to 4 hours. 

What are the trays?

We recommend the use of our premium quality whitening trays to complement our premium quality whitening gel.

It is never advisable to manufacture your own whitening trays – it is impossible to recreate the quality obtainable from a dedicated laboratory team.

• Our trays are rigid enough to contain the gel, but flexible enough to offer maximum comfort.
• We carve the gingival margins to ensure a tight seal, which prevents the leakage of gel, and ingress of saliva.
• A ‘hot-dot’ on each tooth serves as a dosing tool. Simply fill this dimple with gel, no more, and the kit will last for several weeks to give optimum results.

• You must be over 18 to start whitening.
• If pregnant or breast feeding, we cannot do teeth whitening.
• Teeth Whitening does not whiten crowns or bridges, or implants, or fillings, or dentures.
• Therefore you must consider whether starting a course of whitening would mean other areas of dental work may be needed after.
• Whitening can cause transient sensitivity, and most people manage with this, however, only a few will find that their teeth are too sensitive to whiten. We cannot make any refunds if you cannot whiten your teeth because of sensitivity.
• Whitening gel that gets on the gum area can irritate the gum and cause redness of the gum and sometimes even whitening of the gum area. This is transient, and goes after about a day. The dosing dot, and following the advised instructions of use will help prevent this.
• Please note if you have white speckles on your teeth from fluorosis or from hypoplasia of enamel, these areas can show up more after whitening.

After your assessment appointments where we take impressions of your teeth it may take up to 2 weeks to see you again to give you your whitening trays. It is at this visit you can collect your trays and whitening kit, and we can show you how to whiten your teeth. You can then begin your whitening at home that day or night.

Your teeth will always look their best after a top-up of whitening. This depends on you.

Most of the time, we would recommend a quick top-up a few days before a big event, like a wedding, or party, or if you’re just planning to go out for the weekend. Just doing a top-up the day before going out is a nice feeling, and can give great results. Aside from this, a quick top-up every 6 months is also a good idea. Once you have started whitening with us you can order a 4 gel Boutique Top-up kit. 

Whitening can be sensitive to some, and this is transient during the whitening phase. Everybody has a different experience of sensitivity, and we have protocols and tips to help with this. 

Whitening does not harm the teeth in any way. There is no damage to tooth structure, or strength with whitening. The whitening gel that we use complies with European standards, and we always recommend only whitening your teeth with a dental professional.

Whitening only works on your natural tooth. It does not whiten crowns or fillings, or implants or bridges. You can still use whitening over your composite bonding, to help brighten these and to keep the margins white, however, generally it doesn’t whiten these. If you are thinking about whitening your teeth, you need to consider whether any fillings or crowns will stand out following whitening, and plan to have these replaced.

If you have faint or obvious white spots on your teeth, these may show up even more following whitening. White spots and flecks on teeth may be caused by mottling in the past, from fluoride, or from trauma to the baby teeth. Your teeth can still be whitened, but please note that these faint or obvious white spots will become whiter, and show up more.  The best way is to still whiten your teeth, and either accept the appearance of these white spots, or to plan for these to be treated with Composite Bonding.

There is always a saturation point and a limit to how white Teeth Whitening can get your teeth. 

After a course of whitening, our partner dentist can review your results and see if any further treatment is recommended. In cases where Composite Bonding is required after whitening, our partner dentist can match or even enhance the whitening result as they use a range of high-quality composite resin materials and also stock the whitest of composite resin materials available, these include the super bright range. 

Our partner dentist also has aesthetic and natural looking composites too to get the result that’s right for you. We do not use a shade guide to measure whitening, as these are inaccurate and subjective. Instead we use photography and artistic judgment as well as feedback to help gauge what is right for you.

We always aim to make you happy by providing the best products as such as Boutique Whitening; we also use the best in techniques, we have learnt how to deliver quality in results in our protocol, and service in looking after you. However, we can never guarantee a result with whitening. It is very rare for there to be no result; however, a few cases may need extra whitening gels, and may take longer to whiten. Extra whitening gel can be supplied at additional cost. Often in cases of tooth wear or in older patients, whitening may not be as effective, however this may not always be the case and often we still get great results in these difficult cases. In severe cases of tetracycline staining, sometimes whitening can take months, and even after that, supplemental treatments may be indicated.