Teeth Whitening in Dearborn Heights
A brighter smile in about an hour — with a comfortable experience, and sedation if you need it.
Professional teeth whitening removes years of stains and discoloration from food, drink and natural ageing, brightening your smile by several shades — often in a single appointment.
At SmilePro Dental in Dearborn Heights, Dr. Salam Awad offers whitening tailored to your goals, with results well beyond what store-bought kits achieve. And for patients whose anxiety or gag reflex makes treatment difficult, it can be done with sedation.
Professional vs over-the-counter
Professional whitening uses stronger bleaching agents applied under controlled conditions, safely removing deeper stains built up over years — with supervision that keeps sensitivity and gum irritation to a minimum.
Store-bought products may lift surface stains a little, but their lower concentrations and one-size-fits-all trays rarely deliver the dramatic, predictable results professional treatment does.
Your whitening options
In-office Zoom whitening
An advanced in-office system that lightens teeth by multiple shades in about an hour, combining a professional gel with light activation. More on Zoom whitening →
Custom take-home trays
Professional-grade gel in trays made precisely for your teeth — whiten on your own schedule over one to two weeks, and keep the trays for future touch-ups.
Which stains respond best
Surface (extrinsic) stains from coffee, tea, wine, tobacco and food respond very well to professional whitening and usually show dramatic improvement. Deeper (intrinsic) stains — from some medications, fluorosis or trauma — may need a longer or combined approach, and sometimes veneers are a better route. Dr. Awad assesses your teeth and recommends the most effective plan.
Keeping your results
Good aftercare makes your brighter smile last. In the first 48 hours — while the enamel is more porous — limit coffee, red wine and tobacco so new stains do not set in. A whitening toothpaste and good daily hygiene help preserve the result, and take-home trays let you refresh it whenever you like.
Whitening when you are anxious
Whitening is one of the easiest treatments there is — but sitting in a dental chair is still the barrier for some people, and a strong gag reflex can make the in-office process hard. Both are manageable: sedation keeps you relaxed, and custom take-home trays let you whiten entirely on your own terms.
Frequently asked questions
Brighten your smile
Book a consultation to choose between in-office and take-home whitening — and ask about sedation if the dentist makes you anxious.