Daily consumption of colored foods, drinks, and cigarettes leaves marks on our teeth. Coffee, tea, red wine, and tobacco can change tooth color and cause stains, known as pigments. Patients often come to the dental office worried, thinking these stains are actually cavities.
Fortunately, pigmentation caused by lifestyle habits is only a surface stain that can easily be removed with teeth sandblasting. This method allows you to quickly and easily restore the natural look of your teeth in just one short dental visit.
What Is Teeth Sandblasting?
After removing tartar and soft deposits, dark stains (pigments) often remain on the teeth, which are difficult to eliminate. The sandblasting device ejects abrasive particles under pressure. These particles, mixed with water, remove stains from large surfaces of the teeth as well as from hard-to-reach areas between adjacent teeth.
Tooth sandblasting cleans large surfaces at once, the procedure is completely safe for your teeth, and it lasts about 20 minutes. After sandblasting, teeth become one shade whiter, cleaner, and smoother.
Who Should Consider Sandblasting?
Sandblasting is recommended for all patients who struggle with stains from dark foods and drinks. Special emphasis is placed on smokers, who often avoid stain removal because previous methods were unpleasant.
Patients like sandblasting because it is completely painless, quick, and free of the unpleasant sounds produced by ultrasonic devices or drills. This method is also recommended for patients with braces, as it thoroughly cleans all brackets.
For patients choosing teeth whitening, we recommend tooth sandblasting as preparation before whitening and later for maintaining results.
When Is Sandblasting Not Recommended?
Teeth sandblasting is not recommended for patients with acute conditions in the oral cavity, such as the active phase of periodontitis (inflamed gum pockets). For these patients, gum inflammation should be treated first, and only afterward should stain removal be performed.
What to Expect After the Procedure?
After teeh sandblasting, you will have a pleasant and clean feeling in your mouth. Keep in mind that for the next 3 hours after the treatment, smoking, eating, and drinking dark-colored foods and beverages should be avoided.
On the same day or the following day, you may feel slight gum sensitivity, which will go away on its own.
