# Teeth whiteners (home versions) - Anyone have success with them?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 19, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeth-whiteners-home-versions-anyone-have-success-with-them/959774 "2022-02-19T11:29:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeth-whiteners-home-versions-anyone-have-success-with-them/959774/1 "2022-02-19T11:29:26Z")

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I used a home teeth whitener a while back and I was hard pressed to notice much of a difference. What improvement I did see (which may well have been in my imagination) seemed to go away pretty quickly once I stopped using it.

Have any of you had good results from a home teeth whitening kit?

(or, if you have just one tooth, I guess a _tooth_ whitening kit would be a more accurate description)

Thanks!

mmm

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeth-whiteners-home-versions-anyone-have-success-with-them/959774/2 "2022-02-19T14:12:11Z")

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I’ve been happy with what I’m using, got the instructions from a friend.

In a bottle cap or egg cup combine, 1/4-1/2 teaspoon baking soda with a few drops of hydrogen peroxide, (the whitening ingredient in all tooth whitening systems!), enough to make a paste.

Using a makeup brush,(from the $ store!), apply to your front teeth, leave it on for 3-4 mins, then rinse it out, especially the baking powder.(It won’t hurt you to swallow it, but don’t do that!)

Quick brush and that’s it. When I began I did it every other day till I was happy with the effect, then, a couple of times a week.

It works quite well for me and is by far less expensive.

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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeth-whiteners-home-versions-anyone-have-success-with-them/959774/3 "2022-02-19T16:08:43Z")

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We are pretty pleased w/ the results we get from the commercial “trays.” We use them a couple of times a year - often before we are attending a wedding or something. Seems to keep the teeth brighter for at least a few months.

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**Author:** ![Bells](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Bells](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bells)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeth-whiteners-home-versions-anyone-have-success-with-them/959774/4 "2022-02-27T01:01:17Z")

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I used a tray whitener and it worked well. Except I have a veneer on one of my front teeth, the veneer did not lighten. Oops