{Before and After using Smile Brilliant’s At-Home Whitening Trays}
I have terrible vision. I’ve worn glasses/contacts since I was in middle school. It’s a family trait on my dad’s side of the family, but I can’t complain because along with horrible vision comes beautiful teeth. In my almost 34 years, the most my dentist has ever had to do to my teeth is clean them. No braces. No cavities. Nothing. I hope I pass that along to my four little ones. I’ve always believed that your smile is the first thing people notice about you – and it might as well be gorgeous, right?
Unfortunately, my perfect teeth began changing a bit in my 30s. It happened when I turned 30 and gave birth to our now 3.5-year-old twins a few months later. The twins are our third and fourth babies, and I’m sure I don’t need to explain the level of exhausted that comes with parenting four kids in addition to running my own business.
I’d always loved coffee before, but I was a cup a day drinker. Now I’m carrying my third cup into my office when I get home from taking the kids to school. It’s not great for my pearly whites. If you add the fact that we are sticklers for having all the kids in bed no later than 7:30 pm so we can relax and have a glass of red, my teeth have certainly been whiter.
I’ve been considering whitening my teeth for a while now, but I’ve already tried the over-the-counter stuff without being impressed. It doesn’t feel good, taste good, or work well, and I’m a big fan of not wasting my time. Because I don’t have much of that being an un-paid Uber driver to four little people who all have activities, places to go, things to do, and people to see every. Single. Day.
My oral health is important to me – because it’s directly related to my overall health, something I highly recommend everyone take the time to research – and I’m at the dentist every six months. However, I barely have time to sit there for my cleanings let alone for an expensive whitening process that I know might cause sensitivity and even require additional appointments.
To quote Pinterest: “Ain’t nobody got time for that”.
When Smile Brilliant reached out and asked me if I’d like to try one of their at-home whitening kits, I was intrigued. I’ll admit that I didn’t think it would work as well as an office whitening, but they were offering me a chance to use their state-of-the-art technology at home; and that’s pretty time-saving for me. So, I said yes.
And boy was I wrong (don’t tell my husband…it would break his heart to learn that I am, in fact, occasionally wrong after 16 years of thinking otherwise).
The Kit
When my kit arrived, I was impressed. I spent a few minutes going over the instructions to ensure I didn’t make any mistakes, and they could not have been easier to comprehend. Mix the blue and the white putty together – quickly – stick it in the mouth guards, put your teeth in them, and leave them there for 3 minutes.
The only thing the instructions didn’t mention was that I’d lose 3 pounds in saliva weight by the time I was done molding my teeth. I won’t lie – it was hilariously gross, and my husband thoroughly enjoyed watching me mop up the mess I was making!
Once my teeth were molded, I filled out the form in the kit, mailed it all back the Smile Brilliant’s lab in the pre-paid, self-addressed envelope, and I had my custom teeth trays on my doorstep in less than a week.
The Whitening Process
If you thought the molding portion of the kit was simple, you will love the whitening process. The kit comes with several syringes. Some are whitening gel and some are desensitizing gel. I began whitening by filling my custom trays with the whitening gel, and I left it on for an hour the first time. I followed using the desensitizing gel for 20 minutes.
I don’t have sensitive teeth, but I figured I might as well be safe rather than sorry. The entire process is so simple. You can whiten every day, but I chose to do every other day just to ensure I didn’t experience any sensitivity – and I did not. What’s even more amazing is how convenient it is to whiten. I whitened driving my kids to and from school, while I sat at my desk working, while I made dinner, went through the nightly prep getting the kids all ready for school the following day…you can whiten any time.
I noticed a significant change in the color of my teeth the first time I whitened, and I cannot even begin to express how happy I am with the results. It’s painless, but it’s even more effective. I can’t believe I found a way to whiten my teeth at a professional level without the pain, without the cost (the entire kit costs less than $200 – and it’s custom-made!), and I can use it again and again by ordering new whitening and desensitizing gel as needed.
Best news ever – I can continue to drink all the coffee and all the red wine without worrying about the color of my teeth. If you love convenience, saving money, and getting real results (while still drinking all the things you love the most) you will love the Smile Brilliant process. It’s simple, it’s easy, and it takes no time.
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You’re never fully dressed without a smile, and Smile Brilliant is making it almost laughably easy to fully dress yourself with the kind of killer smile that makes people do a double-take.
Tiffany Raiford 