Are you looking for a way to whiten your teeth that doesn’t involve messy dental impressions?
Do you hate using those flimsy strips that never seem to stay in place?
Have you tried other over the counter whitening products and haven’t been happy with the results?
Well Opalescence Go by Ultradent may be the whitening product you’ve been looking for….
Hi dental fans, in this video I’m going to show you a close up look at Opalescence
Go. Opalescence Go is an at-home whitening product that is available from your dentist
or, like almost everything nowadays, you can find it on Amazon. A ten pack of the pre-filled
trays costs between seventy and eighty bucks. I’ll leave some Amazon links down in the description.
I’m not sponsored by Ultradent, I bought this sample pack of Opalescence Go trays
direct from Ultradent. I bought mint flavor. It also comes in melon flavor.
Has anyone tried the melon flavor? Did you like it? Let me know down in the comments.
Ultradent is a company based in Utah which makes a variety of dental products.
I’ve been using their whitening products since the late nineties.
I also use their composite resins as well as their dental curing light, the Valo Grand.
Opalescence Go are disposable whitening trays
which are prefilled with Ultradent’s hydrogen peroxide whitening gel.
The whitening gel is similar to the gel that I use when I make my patients custom whitening trays.
It contains both potassium nitrate, that’s the active ingredient in Sensodyne toothpaste
that is used to make your teeth less sensitive, and fluoride to decrease sensitivity.
But, honestly, you will still get some sensitivity.
Nothing extremely painful, just a little bit annoying.
I tend to notice it when I inhale through my mouth. I’ll feel a little bit of a zing,
but don’t worry, the sensitivity goes away a day or two after you are done using the whitening.
Opalescence Go is usually sold in ten pack patient kits. That means that each kit
contains ten upper and ten lower prefilled trays. So you have ten days of whitening.
It’s pretty simple to use, the trays are labeled upper and lower. You take one tray out and place
it in your mouth over your teeth. It doesn’t matter which you do first, upper or lower. If
you’re worried about gagging, do the lower first so you get used to placing the tray in your mouth.
Once the tray is in position then bite down and suck on the tray for a few seconds. This helps the
tray conform to your teeth. Then remove the outer plastic carrying tray. The whitening tray is now
on your teeth. Do the same thing with the upper tray. Place it on your teeth, bite down, and suck
on it for a few seconds, then remove the outer carrying tray. And now you just wear the trays.
Opalescence Go comes in two different strengths: ten percent and fifteen percent. Ultradent
recommends that you wear the ten percent formula for between thirty and sixty minutes a day,
and the fifteen percent formula for between fifteen and twenty minutes a day.
Since the gel is hydrogen peroxide based instead of carbamide peroxide based,
the concentration doesn’t need to be as high as a carbamide peroxide based gel.
Typically, great tooth whitening results come down to concentration of the whitening gel,
and how long it stays in contact with your teeth. So generally, using the strongest
whitening gel for the longest period of time should get you better results. Unfortunately,
doing that also makes it more likely that you will experience sensitivity.
So if you are someone with sensitive teeth, I’d recommend using the ten percent formula.
If your teeth are not usually sensitive, then go ahead and use the fifteen percent formula.
If your teeth do get sensitive while using the fifteen percent formula, consider switching to
the ten percent formula. Another tip is start using sensodyne toothpaste for a couple of weeks
before you use Opalescence Go, that will help head off any potential sensitivity.
As with all take home whitening products, one application is not enough to make a noticeable
difference. I recommend you use the entire ten day supply of trays. If you’ve never whitened
your teeth before or if your teeth are really discolored, you may need to order more and whiten
for a longer period of time. And be consistent about it. Pick a time of day when you can wear
the trays consistently. I tend to wear mine when I take my dog for a walk in the mornings.
Once you’ve finished wearing the trays, remove them and throw them out.
Then brush your teeth to get the rest of the whitening gel off of your teeth.
The gel is fairly sticky so rinsing it off usually doesn’t remove it all.
You need to brush.
So has anyone watching tried Opalescence Go? How was it? Would you recommend it to your friends?
Let me know in the comments. Thank you very much for watching and see you in the next video.