{"id":29233,"date":"2024-12-11T08:29:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T07:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/cuanto-dura-blanqueamiento\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T08:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:30:26","slug":"how-hard-whitening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/","title":{"rendered":"How long can the results of a teeth whitening last?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tooth whitening is one of <strong>the most popular aesthetic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/orthodontic-treatment\/\">treatments<\/a><\/strong> to improve the appearance of a smile. However, one of the most common questions is how long the whitening effect lasts and how to maintain <strong>results over time<\/strong>. The duration depends on different factors that we will show you below from our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/\">dental clinic in Malaga and Torremolinos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Factors that determine how long a bleaching lasts<\/h2>\n<p>The duration of tooth whitening varies depending on the type of treatment. T<strong>here are two main options:<\/strong> professional in-clinic bleaching and home methods <strong>supervised by a dentist.<\/strong> Treatments at the clinic often deliver faster, longer-lasting results through the use of higher concentration products and advanced technology <strong>such as LED or laser lamps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Another important factor is the initial condition of the teeth. If the enamel is in good condition and there are no <strong>severe stains<\/strong>, the results can be maintained for longer. Conversely, teeth with deep discoloration may need <strong>more frequent touch-ups.<\/strong> Also, the patient\u2019s habits play a crucial role; <strong>consuming foods and beverages that dye<\/strong>, such as coffee, tea, red wine or tobacco, can reduce the duration of bleaching.<\/p>\n<h3>How long does the bleaching done at home<\/h3>\n<p>When bleaching is done at home, following the instructions of a professional, the results can last between 6 months and a year. Although this method is less intensive than the clinic treatment, it <strong>offers a practical and effective solution<\/strong> for those who seek to improve their teeth color gradually. The use of custom-made splints and controlled concentration gels ensures treatment is <strong>safe and effective<\/strong>. However, as with <strong>professional bleaching<\/strong>, the duration of the effect will depend on the patient\u2019s lifestyle and oral hygiene routine.<\/p>\n<h2>How long does the professional bleaching effect last<\/h2>\n<p>In general, the effect of professional bleaching can last between<strong> 6 months and 2 years.<\/strong> Variation is again dependent on aftercare and genetic factors such as enamel porosity. Using splints with whitening gels prescribed by the dentist can help prolong <strong>the initial effect<\/strong>. Specialists often recommend regular reviews to assess the state of the enamel and make refinements if necessary. These touch-ups <strong>are usually faster and less invasive<\/strong> than the initial treatment, allowing you to maintain a radiant smile with less effort.<\/p>\n<p>If you want a professional result, do not hesitate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/appointment\/\"><strong>to contact us<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How to prolong bleaching results<\/h3>\n<p>To maintain bleaching results for as long as possible, it is essential to adopt habits that prevent the accumulation of spots. Proper oral hygiene, including brushing with <strong>specific toothpastes<\/strong> and using dentist-recommended rinses, is key to preventing <strong>discoloration<\/strong>. Reducing the consumption of teeth-dyeing foods and beverages and avoiding smoking are also essential measures. In some cases, dentists may recommend <strong>home maintenance sessions<\/strong>, using low-intensity whitening gels to recolor the teeth on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<h4 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">At what age can you get your first teeth whitening?<\/h4>\n<p>The first teeth whitening can usually be done from <strong>16 years of age,<\/strong> but it is important to take certain considerations into account before undergoing this treatment. At this age, the permanent teeth are usually fully formed, which reduces the risk of sensitivity or damage to the enamel. However, the specific recommendation <strong>depends on each case<\/strong>. Before bleaching, it is essential that a dentist assess <strong>the condition of teeth and gums.<\/strong> It is crucial that there are no caries, enamel wear, or dental sensitivity problems that can be aggravated by the procedure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tooth whitening is one of the most popular aesthetic treatments to improve the appearance of a smile. However, one of the most common questions is how long the whitening effect lasts and how to maintain results over time. The duration depends on different factors that we will show you below from our dental clinic in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[984,986,1039],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adults","category-dental-clinic","category-higiene-bucal-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How long does a teeth whitening last? We will tell you<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you want to do a teeth whitening but you don\u2019t know how long the results can last, we will tell you right now\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How long does a teeth whitening last? We will tell you\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you want to do a teeth whitening but you don\u2019t know how long the results can last, we will tell you right now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gross Dentistas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-11T07:29:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T06:30:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cuanto-puede-durar-los-resultados-de-un-blanqueamiento-dental.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dra. Concha Gross\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dra. Concha Gross\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How long does a teeth whitening last? We will tell you","description":"If you want to do a teeth whitening but you don\u2019t know how long the results can last, we will tell you right now","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How long does a teeth whitening last? We will tell you","og_description":"If you want to do a teeth whitening but you don\u2019t know how long the results can last, we will tell you right now","og_url":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/","og_site_name":"Gross Dentistas","article_published_time":"2024-12-11T07:29:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-17T06:30:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cuanto-puede-durar-los-resultados-de-un-blanqueamiento-dental.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dra. Concha Gross","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dra. Concha Gross","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/"},"author":{"name":"Dra. Concha Gross","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dc18ab0c9ffe36f4b88d694e743b567b"},"headline":"How long can the results of a teeth whitening last?","datePublished":"2024-12-11T07:29:32+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-17T06:30:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/"},"wordCount":569,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cuanto-puede-durar-los-resultados-de-un-blanqueamiento-dental.jpg","articleSection":["Adults","Dental clinic","Higiene bucal"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/","name":"How long does a teeth whitening last? We will tell you","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cuanto-puede-durar-los-resultados-de-un-blanqueamiento-dental.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-11T07:29:32+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-17T06:30:26+00:00","description":"If you want to do a teeth whitening but you don\u2019t know how long the results can last, we will tell you right now","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cuanto-puede-durar-los-resultados-de-un-blanqueamiento-dental.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cuanto-puede-durar-los-resultados-de-un-blanqueamiento-dental.jpg","width":1920,"height":500,"caption":"Cua\u0301nto puede durar los resultados de un blanqueamiento dental"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/how-hard-whitening\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Gross Dentistas","item":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Adults","item":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/category\/adults\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How long can the results of a teeth whitening last?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/","name":"Gross Dentistas","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Gross Dentistas","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Gross Dentistas","url":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Logotipo-Gross-Dentistas.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Logotipo-Gross-Dentistas.png","width":500,"height":195,"caption":"Gross Dentistas"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dc18ab0c9ffe36f4b88d694e743b567b","name":"Dra. Concha Gross","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/691f65d3743ec1b9e391850dc1f6732c2e4f321e1bf7597ca70860f90d14c3c8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/691f65d3743ec1b9e391850dc1f6732c2e4f321e1bf7597ca70860f90d14c3c8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dra. Concha Gross"},"description":"Ortodoncista especializada en el sistema de ortodoncia invisible, extensa trayectoria profesional y un gran n\u00famero de pacientes satisfechos con los resultados obtenidos tras la finalizaci\u00f3n de su tratamiento. Doctoralia | Masquem\u00e9dicos | Topdoctors","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/author\/admin-gross\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34586,"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29233\/revisions\/34586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clinicadentalgrossdentistas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}