Teeth whitening does not necessarily have to burn a hole in your pocket. There are plenty of teeth whitening products that will cost you even lesser than your normal toothpaste; you can use items that you can find in your house like baking soda and oranges for home teeth whitening. Then you also have the slightly costlier home teeth whitening kits which you can use yourself from the privacy of your home. The other option is going in for dental office whitening which is the most expensive option of all.

Below you will find several tips for home teeth whitening that have proved to be very effective. You will find most of these items in your kitchen or you can purchase them over the counter from your local pharmacist

1.Take a pinch of baking soda and make a paste with water. Brush this paste over your teeth or apply it with your finger. Allow it to stay for two to three minutes after brushing and then gargle well to rinse out. No problem if you swallowed some.

2.If you can't stand the taste of baking soda, you can use salt and lemon in equal portions. Just rub this on your teeth every night before going to bed.

3.You can also use orange peel for home teeth whitening. Rub your stained teeth with the white pulpy side of the peel twice a day. After a couple of weeks, you should your teeth shine.

4.Equal parts of bay leaves and orange peel both dried and crushed can be used to whiten teeth by rubbing them with this powder or paste made by adding water.

5.Gorge on strawberries or you could rub your teeth with some to achieve home teeth whitening. But after that it would be advisable to brush your teeth as strawberries have a high sugar content.

6.You can use vinegar made from apple cider as a mouth wash and to whiten your teeth. Just gargle with it for two minutes or you can combine it with salt and baking soda to make a paste that you can apply on your teeth.

If the home teeth whitening remedies do not work on your dull and discolored teeth, you could opt for the over the counter teeth whitening products such as home teeth whitening kits, gels, sprays and whitening toothpastes. These are comparatively cheaper than dental office whitening and once you have purchased the product you can use it for a while, so the effect lasts longer.

The advantages of dental office whitening are that you are under the supervision of a cosmetic dentistry expert, the results are faster and often striking. On the down side, dental office whitening is extremely costly, requires more than one sitting and might cause gum sensitivity in some patients. However, even if it is expensive you find a lot of people opting for dental office whitening as they feel comfortable just having a cosmetic dentistry expert around.