Customer Reviews

Crest Whitestrips Daily Teeth Whitening Plus Tartar Protection - 38 ea

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Crest Whitestrips-Daily Multicare Formula and Tartar Protection is designed for "maintenance" bleaching, to maintain the whiteness of your teeth once the desired shade has been reached. Therefore, one should use a Crest Strip product such as the entry-level system Classic Whitestrips Classic Whitestrips-Crest Dental Whitening System, 56 Strips, or a stronger product like Crest Whitestrips Premium Crest Whitestrips Premium- 7- Day Dental Whitening Formula System, 28 Strips,before the Daily Multicare Formula with Tarar Inhibitor is used.

This product is used for just 5 minutes a day to maintain the whiteness of (previously) bleached teeth. (All the other Crest Whitestrip products advise a 30-minute treatment, once or twice a day protocol). There are virtually no side-effects, such as sensitive teeth, or "burned" gums, as the contact time is just 5 minutes. This system has a 6% hydrogen peroxide gel, the same as Crest Classic Whitestrips. A tartar inhibitor is included for those who form tartar easily.

An alternative to this product of daily bleaching maintenance is to use one of the original systems again, such as Classic Whitestrips for 1-2 weeks to restore the bleach white color of the teeth.

Crest White Strips come in as many as 7 different formulations, which can be quite confusing to the consumer. Please remember the key difference in all these products is the strength of the hydrogen peroxide gel, and of course the price. The higher the dose of hydrogen peroxide, the faster the bleaching result, and the most costly as well. Here is a quick summary of the products:

1. Crest White Strips Classic. This is Crest's first bleaching product, introduced in 2001. It has a 6% hydrogen peroxide gel, and is applied twice a day for 30 minutes for 14-days of treatment. It is still a very popular product, and perhaps offers the lowest number of side-effects.

2. Crest White Strips Premium came out in 2004. It is a 10% hydrogen peroxide gel, applied twice a day for 30 minutes each session, for 7-days of treatment. The 10% hydrogen peroxide strength offers a quicker bleaching result, but perhaps with more tooth and gum sensitivity.

3. Crest Pro Effects came out in 2008. It is another 10% hydrogen peroxide gel, but offers a 10-day treatment protocol - again, twice a day for 30 minutes each time.

4. Crest Advanced Seal is the latest product (February, 2009), and it also has a 10% hydrogen peroxide, twice a day, 30-minutes a day, 10-day treatment. The main advantage to this system is that the strip is more adherent to the teeth, and the user can talk, exercise, drive, be active, even drink fluids, with the strip in place. The other systems advise the user to be stationary for the 30-minute treatment time.

5. Daily Whitening Multicare is another 6% hydrogen peroxide gel strip. It is used just 5-minutes/day. The only difference between this product and the featured product is the lack of a tartar inhibitor.

In using any of the Crest bleaching products, please follow the specified instructions that come with each product.

Crest White Strip products work for the vast majority of people. Younger people with yellow stains seem to respond better than older people or those with gray stains. If you have severely stained teeth, especially those with tetracycline (an antibiotic) stain, the strips may not work well for you.

If you are not satisfied with the results and still want whiter teeth, you can then see your dentist for a more concentrated in-office form of bleaching (called "power bleaching").

I gave this product a 3-star rating, as I don't think the consumer needs a tartar-inhibitor in the bleaching agent. Normal everyday brushing and flossing should keep tartar away.


Jim "Konedog" Koenig, DDS

I have extremely sensitive teeth. I have had a lot of work done on my teeth which includes several root canals. I have had my teeth whitened by my dentist several times and suffered painful sensitivity afterwards. It came to a point where my dentist prescribed me a teeth whitning gel that I had to put on for 8 hrs each day for a month to see results because my teeth were so sensitive. I was very skeptical when I picked this up from the store. I went ahead and tried it. I use it once a day instead of 2 as it says on the box and always use Sensodyne as my toothpaste. After using this for a week I can tell you I can see my teeth shinier, whiter, and my coffee/tea stains and getting lighter by the day. And no painful sensitivity. Since these are daily whitening strips, I expect to see results atleast after another few weeks, but with no painful sensitivity, I can very well wait that long.

There is a former Cleveland Browns head coach who used to say, "I can only go by what I see," when discussing his decisions on who the play in games.

Well, I am going to intercept that tag-line for this excellent product, because what I see is something that has worked very well on my teeth. The application of the strips is easy and I saw results after several days of using the product as directed. There may be stronger Crest whitening strips on the market, but for my sensitive teeth, this one is a winner.

I like what I see!

Works beautifully to maintain the level of whitening from the dental office bleaching. My teeth need maintenance every couple or 3 days or they start to look just a little darker and I like the great look right after the bleaching. This is a much less expensive method of whitening than redoing the original procedure after about 6 months, which is what the dentist recommends. Great Product. Am buying more.

Very happy with it - these are milder than others. Do the job over time.

I followed the instructions and the product does definitely work. One drawback is that the strips do not want to stay on your teeth as well as they probably should.

You'll never have perfectly white teeth unless you really want to dish out some money, but these work fine for the superficial stains.

Product does work,but is not nearly as good as other similar products I have tried.

I like the crest strips but was suppose to get 76 of them in a box. Ordered on 2/25/09 and today is 03/28/09 and there is 12 left. I use one once a day like you are suppose to. Just make sure you get what you are suppose to. They were cheaper than in the stores but I got cheated. Buy them in the stores and pay a little more than to get cheated like I did.

This product had an expiration date on it that had already passed. I didn't return it, because it was more trouble and money than it was worth.