Will the Tanda Pearl Whitening System Be Better for Me?
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I have TMJ Disorder and am finding that my teeth whitening trays are really aggravating my TMJ Disorder. My current trays have to be worn for an hour. I recently learned about this system called the Tanda Pearl Home Ionic Whitening System. Supposedly, the system can work in just five minutes a day, which I think would help with my jaw pain. Do you think this could work for me? Do you know of this system?
Anna
Dear Anna,
I am glad you wrote. Before we go into the Tanda Pearl system I want to ask if you had custom fitted trays made from your dentist or if you are using another over the counter system? If you are having professional teeth whitening done, your dentist should have made you trays that fit perfectly with your bite, which would avoid the pain you are experiencing. If he did make you trays, there may be a defect in them. It’s worth mentioning it to your dentist.
As for the Tanda Pearl System, I would not waste your money. The supposed “ionic” technology appears suspicious to me. If it really did what they said, they’d be making a fortune selling it to dental offices. The fact that they’re not tells me they don’t want to put it under professional scrutiny.
The whitening ingredient itself seems legitimate. That’s the good news. However, the tray is going to be a problem for several reasons. First, it’s not fit to your bite. That means that your saliva can get into the tray, which will weaken the whitening gel. Additionally, the gel itself can leak from the trays, which weakens the effectiveness further. Plus, it puts the soft tissue in your mouth at risk of irritation.
The bigger problem for you, however, is how it will impact your TMJ Disorder. The way their “trays” are designed, is only one tray for both arches which you have to bite down on to keep in your mouth. Even at just five minutes that will cause you more pain than your current trays.
If wearing your current trays for an hour bother you, then you simply have to wear them less. There is nothing magic about the hour you were told. Instead, you could wear them for 15 minutes a day. The only benefit to wearing them longer is that it will whiten your teeth faster.
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