I’ve never been a fan of teeth bleaching especially when it involves a harsh or potentially damaging treatment.
UV light treatments use the same light that causes sunburn and skin cancer, can damage your gums, lips and eyes during a bleaching, according to a new study.
The procedure can be quite dangerous. The FDA has received several complaints about burned gums from UV-assisted whitening procedures. In one case a patient with lupus and photosensitivity underwent the treatment not realizing the procedure involved UV. Her lupus symptoms flared up for five months as a result.
