Professional Teeth Whitening

Teeth Whitening is a Well-Researched Treatment

Teeth Whitening uses hydrogen peroxide gel to break down the staining molecules absorbed by the teeth. These molecules make teeth appear darker and so they reflect less light. The hydrogen peroxide molecule breaks down into hydrogen and oxygen gases forming a 'fizz'. This fizz contains a little burst of energy that breaks down the staining molecules, which get washed away returning your teeth to their whiter brighter appearance.

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Just like many things in life, the result of teeth whitening depends on a number of factors. For example, the current shade of your teeth and the amount of staining on them. We also know that younger teeth respond better to whitening. At our practice, we use a medical-grade TGA-approved bleaching gel which can remove the toughest stains. We routinely recommend a home bleaching product following in-chair whitening to continue and maintain the whitening effect.

Here at The Dentists @ Belmore, we try our best to respect your time and we expect our patients to do the same. Arriving late (more than 15 minutes), short notice cancellations and failure to attend leads to disruptions to our patients and staff.

As a small privately-owned dental practice, we are financially strained when patients miss appointments. We are not a large corporation and we do not treat our patients as numbers.

We like to give our patients the full scope of our knowledge and care, and we like each patient experience to be personalised, as dental care should be. We aim to provide you with an exceptional service at an affordable cost. Chair time lost to no shows or short notice cancellations impacts our ability to run our small business.

It is in ours and our patients’ best interest that we keep lost chair time to a minimum.

We ask our patients to give at least 24 hour notice before cancellation or rescheduling. It is very difficult to fill in these appointments, so please let us know well ahead of time if you need to reschedule.

Holding your appointment time means turning away other patients in urgent need of dental care. Therefore, any missed or short notice cancellations will attract a cancellation fee of $50.  

Our cancellation policy is as follows:

• Our patients are required to pay a $50 holding fee to secure their appointment.
• The holding fee will be taken off the final cost of your appointment.
• Cancelling an appointment with more than 24 hour notice is absolutely fine. We can accommodate for this.
• Failing to attend, rescheduling, or cancelling an appointment with less than 24 hours notice leads to a $50 cancellation fee, which means forfeiting the $50 holding deposit.
• If you wish to re-book after cancelling within 24 hours, you will be required to pay another $50 holding fee.
• We always send out an SMS reminder or we call our patients well in advance to confirm the appointment.
• We reserve the right to ask for the cost of treatment upfront before making another appointment. This is a last resort option only if there is a recurring cancellation pattern.
• New patients who fail to attend or cancel with less than 24 hours notice on two consecutive occasions will not be rebooked.

For long appointments such as whitening or root canals, we will require a deposit at the time of booking.