{"id":536,"date":"2014-12-19T13:29:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.delaunedental.com\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2015-01-21T22:27:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T04:27:31","slug":"what-should-i-do-about-painful-gums-after-zoom-whitening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/what-should-i-do-about-painful-gums-after-zoom-whitening\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should I Do About Painful Gums After Zoom Whitening?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had Zoom whitening done yesterday. While they were doing it, I could feel my gums tingling a bit and I told the assistant. She messed with it a bit, but I\u2019m not sure what she did. The discomfort reduced, but never went away altogether. All though the night, my gums really started to hurt and I couldn\u2019t sleep. I looked at them this morning and they\u2019re all white in one spot and they look very puffy, almost like a blister. What went wrong? Do I need to see the dentist again?\u00a0 -Eddy<\/p>\n<p>Dear Eddy,<br \/>\nOuch. It sounds like what you\u2019re experiencing is a reaction to the <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/new-orleans-zoom-whitening.html\" target=\"_blank\">Zoom whitening<\/a> gel. Dental offices usually take extra precautions to prevent this, but occasionally, the assistant misses a spot when she\u2019s blocking out your gums, and the gel comes into contact with them and causes a chemical burn. As dreadful as that sounds, and as uncomfortable as it is, it\u2019s usually very minor.<\/p>\n<p>Just like a burn that could happen anywhere else on your body, this should heal itself within a week or two. You may notice a blister, and it might even peel, but healthy skin will take its place, and it probably won\u2019t be noticeable to anyone while it heals or after.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, you can take an over-the-counter pain reliever, like ibuprofen, to help manage the discomfort. You\u2019ll also need to be very careful while brushing. In fact, you may want to avoid brushing at all for a couple of days, followed by very light brushing until it heals totally. If you received take-home trays with your kit, don\u2019t use them until the area is healthy again, and take extra care to wipe off excess gel when you do bleach at home. To speed up healing, most doctors recommend warm salt water rinses several times a day. There\u2019s also some evidence to suggest that using vitamin E will help improve healing and reduce the chance of scaring later.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t see improvement within a week, or the pain gets worse, it\u2019s a good idea to have it checked out. You should also let the office know what happened so that they can take preventative measures for future patients.<\/p>\n<p>This post is sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/\">New Orleans cosmetic dentist<\/a> Dr. Duane Delaune. Read more about why many consider Dr. Delaune to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/best-dentist-in-new-orleans.html\">best dentist in New Orleans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had Zoom whitening done yesterday. While they were doing it, I could feel my gums tingling a bit and I told the assistant. She messed with it a bit, but I\u2019m not sure what she did. The discomfort reduced, but never went away altogether. All though the night, my gums really started to hurt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[415,413,414,54,59,86,53,416],"class_list":{"0":"post-536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-zoom-whitening","7":"tag-blister-on-gums-after-zoom","8":"tag-gum-pain-after-zoom-whitening","9":"tag-gums-hurt-after-zoom","10":"tag-metairie-zoom-whitening","11":"tag-new-orleans-teeth-bleaching","12":"tag-new-orleans-teeth-whitening","13":"tag-new-orleans-zoom-whitening","14":"tag-white-spot-on-gums-after-zoom","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Should I Do About Painful Gums After Zoom Whitening? - Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/what-should-i-do-about-painful-gums-after-zoom-whitening\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Should I Do About Painful Gums After Zoom Whitening? - Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I had Zoom whitening done yesterday. 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