Is Luster Premium Home Whitening Safe?
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I have a friend who used Luster Premium Home Whitening two days ago. She had fairly dramatic results. I was thinking of using it myself but my husband pointed out that my friend (I’m not naming her) has a habit of trying the latest fad and finding out later there was something dangerous or off with it. Before I do something stupid, I just want to make sure this is safe. Do you know anything about this particular brand?
Melissa
Dear Melissa,
I’m glad you wrote. Luster Premium is a phoney. Based on what I can see in the ingredients, it won’t hurt you, but it doesn’t work. I know your friend had some good results, but those won’t last. While there are some legitimate over-the-counter brands, this is not one of them. Luster Premium does not use a legitimate whitening ingredient, such as a peroxide gel. Instead, their “super whitener” is actually just a pigment (zinc oxide). This will in effect paint the teeth to looked whiter, but the effects will only be temporary. The pigment is likely why your friend’s teeth look whiter. She did not have the success you think she had.
There are over-the-counter brands that do work. For example, Crest Whitestrips is a legitimate whitening system. Just make sure you understand their limitations. First, they will be weaker than what you can get from a dentist with professional teeth whitening. Like a LOT weaker.
Second, the strips only cover the top six teeth. Most smiles are eight to ten teeth wide, plus you will want to whiten both your upper and lower arches. To do that effectively you will need to use four strips each time.
Third, there is nothing to keep the whitening gel where it belongs. When your dentist provides you with teeth whitening gel, he or she also makes custom fit trays that are designed to keep the gel on your teeth and away from your gums, etc, as well as keep your saliva away from the gel, which will weaken it. Because you don’t have that safe guard, you lose even more effectiveness on your teeth whitening. You also put your gums at risk.
These issues mean that you will need to buy a lot more boxes. In the end, I don’t think you will save that much money. Plus, it will take much longer to get the results you want.
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