While we all do our best to maintain good dental hygiene, a long dental procedure is nearly inevitable. The cheek retractors needed for lengthy chair time—and the resulting anxiety, muscle fatigue, and pinching—are just not up to the task. There are a lot of patients who can finally opt for a better experience.

Never a “me too” brand, Opalescence has, from the beginning, sought out new, different, and better ways to make whitening faster, more effective, more convenient, and more comfortable for the patient. Since its introduction of Opalescence® PF—the first sticky, viscous whitening gel available on the market (1990)—dentists and patients alike have come to expect exciting innovation with each new Opalescence product launch over the past 25 years. However, no one could have predicted the exciting impact the brand would make when in 2013, it released perhaps its most revolutionary product yet, Opalescence Go®.

All dental curing lights can cause ocular damage from the light they emit.1-3 The most damaging wavelength for the retina is blue light, near 440 nm, which is within the spectral emission from dental curing lights.4,5 Blue light is transmitted through the ocular media and absorbed by the retina. Dental professionals must be aware of and use proper protection from this blue light hazard6-8 because they have a duty to protect both the patient and employees from harm.