{"id":192,"date":"2008-08-25T08:01:19","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T15:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mynewsmile.com\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2008-08-25T08:01:19","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T15:01:19","slug":"should-i-whiten-first-or-have-fillings-replaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/should-i-whiten-first-or-have-fillings-replaced\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I whiten first or have fillings replaced?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I want to whiten my teeth but I&#8217;ve had many composite fillings over the years. Unfortunately, all of my teeth are of a yellowish shade by nature, so if I wanted to whiten them, wouldn&#8217;t I have to get the fillings replaced with whiter material and only then do the whitening? And what should I tackle first &#8212; should I wait to do whitening until after the canine situation is dealt with?<br \/>\n\u00a0&#8211; Diana in California<\/p>\n<p>Diana,<br \/>\nYou definitely want to do the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/tooth_whitening.htm\">tooth whitening<\/a> first, and do the fillings later to match the whitened teeth. And you need to wait a couple of weeks after finishing the whitening so that your new whiter color stabilizes. Otherwise your fillings won&#8217;t match.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t predict the shade result of bleaching beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>A good cosmetic dentist will know this.<br \/>\nDr. Hall<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" width=\"728\" bgcolor=\"#A9C5A5\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">We thank our advertisers who help fund this site.<\/font>\n        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-4419877247826466\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"728x90_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\n\/\/2007-03-26: CosmDent Blog\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"9579159778\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"A9C5A5\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"1B703A\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"008000\";\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script>\n        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to whiten my teeth but I&#8217;ve had many composite fillings over the years. 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