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in-office Glo Science gels; her take-home regimen involved five days in a row, with four
8-minute applications per day. Reported no sensitivity.
Figs. 5 and 6: Patient did four 8-minute passes of Glo Science Professional whitening
gels in-office; take-home regimen included 14 days of treatments, with four 8-minute
applications per day. Result: Patient moved 16 shades on the Vita shade scale, starting at
C4 and ending at 1M1.

Fig. 3

Conclusion
Tooth whitening is in high demand, and consumers turn to over-the-counter whitening
products because of their popularity and accessibility. However, professionally administered
whitening is always best. The overall benefits of integrating a whitening program into a
professional dental practice are overwhelming; every patient of yours is a whitening patient,
and every whitening patient is a whitening-maintenance patient. Offer your patients the best
whitening experience by choosing a system that requires little chair time and utilizes heat
activation technology to amplify the hydrogen peroxide gel in a closed-system mouthpiece.
With high-quality whitening treatments utilizing the latest advances in dental technology,
you and your patients will have plenty of reasons to smile. ■

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