dena wrote:what color were the ligs that yellowed? i'm using pearl and they seem pretty good. however, you also have naturally bright bright teeth (so jealous!) my teeth are naturally more of a cream color i guess, so when the ligs go on, they are brighter than my teeth and maybe that's why they stay ok on me longer.
They did come out the colour in that pic, though I think the blue-whiteness of the bottom is the camera flash being flattering, the ivory colour at the top is more uniform all the way down.
What I did photoshop out was some horrid staining that I am getting underneath the wire, where it's harder to clean, because I felt embarrassed about it
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Yellowy-brown patches, worsened by the shadow of the wire. You can still see it in the crack between them. But the top of the tooth and the bottom of the tooth - ie above and below where the bracket starts and finishes - I left as they are.
I had custom bleaching trays a year and a half ago, and they were brilliantly effective: previously my "fangs" were bright yellow compared to the front teeth, and it bleached them right down. My teeth have yellowed back a bit, but they are still quite a bit whiter than they were before the treatment, and most importantly their colour is even - no more yellow fangs. So bleaching does last a good long time. And I will get them rebleached after my braces are off, especially if the hygienist can't get all the stain off.
The ligs were the totally clear, colourless ones.