I use Crest Whitestrips. They work REALLY REALLY well but I buy mine from my dentist. They are a much higher strength than you can buy at the drug store. My dentist told me to quit wasting my money on that other stuff and try the professional strength Whitestrips, so I did. WOW! Made a huge difference and I am a coffee and soda drinker. The strips are pretty thin and do not ooze. Even if I do get some solution in my mouth due to saliva, it doesn't really have a taste at all. I put mine on in the shower where I am less likely to talk and move them around:) Sometimes they slip a bit, but they still cover the area they are supposed to, so no harm done. My dentist also told me NOT to use them on clean teeth otherwise they will definitely not stick. So, I put them on, take my shower, when my 30 minutes is up (and by the time I shower, dry, lotion it is time) I remove them and brush my teeth for the day. I love them! Good luck! Heidi

I had used baking soda and also peroxide over the years and they both got rid of tea/coffee stains but not nearly as well as the new products. I used forever white (from an infomercial) about a year ago and saw dramatic results (about $39) More recently I used Crest white strips ($35). I did the top teeth only out of curiosity and saw dramatic results again after a couple weeks. What I like is that these products are not abrasive like whitening toothpastes. I would strongly recommend the new products - my friend got a kit from her dentist for $350 and I didn't think it worked any better than the over the counter.

On that subject! When I was a small child I was extremely sick for a long time and was put on very strong antibiotics. Well the Crack pot dentist we had in my very small town, the only one for many miles, was convinced my teeth were brown because I was not brushing my teeth. My mom would fix my tooth brush morning and evening and watch me brush so she told him that was not the case. He didn't believe her. So he proceeded to get out steel wool and some gritty compound and they held me down in the chair while he went at my teeth with the steel wool and compound. He instructed my father to do this daily. My father did it once and said no way. Today I still have grooves in what little enamel I have left on my teeth. Of course now we know that it was the medication I was on at the time my teeth were forming that caused the discoloration. That is not the only cruel and crazy thing that dentist did to me. He decided to pull my perfectly healthy lower molars because he felt that the teeth were too crowded and if he pulled them they would just all slide into position. Of course that didn't happen instead the tooth next to the vacant socket just fell over sideways in to the hole totally screwing up my chewing ability till this day. We had no orthodontic doctors, he was it. Guess why I am still terrified to go to dentist.

Snidely, give it up, will you? It's a pathology with you.....always needing to be right. Even when you aren't. Just leave it! To answer questions: the strips do not whiten crowns, fillings, or other dental work. The bleaching agent is a type of peroxide. I've heard that some people are very sensitive to these treatments.....I wonder why? My gums became a bit tender, but I swished coconut oil in my mouth before bedtime and never a problem after that. Yaya, I think that you're doing it too frequently. The treatments keep working even after you're finished....I probably won't do mine again for another year. But, I'll have to see; with my usual dental hygiene routine is pretty thorough. About why the kits are behind the counter....I asked why when I bought mine. The reason is THEFT! I had a heartbreaking talk with the manager when he brought out all of the options for me to choose from. He said that they cannot keep anything of value out on shelves or it will be stolen rapidly. Items like makeup are so expensive because of theft.