How It Works

When you’re considering teeth whitening at home, you want confidence that the product you choose is safe, effective, and can reveal your most vibrant smile. Here, you can learn why ARC is one of the best at-home teeth whitening system on the market and learn how to whiten your teeth for maximum impact. We know how important your smile is to you, and we’re here to empower you with the knowledge that ARC can help reveal your contagiously bright spirit.

How Does Teeth Whitening Work with ARC?

At ARC, we use peroxide-infused gel to whiten your teeth. Peroxide is proven safe for your enamel and effective at brightening your smile, which is why it’s the exact same ingredient that dentists use.

With our ARC Treatment Strips, we keep the peroxide-infused gel in constant contact with your teeth for maximum efficiency. That’s why each treatment takes just 30 minutes, so you don’t have to slow down your life to brighten it.

Hydrogen Peroxide = Water + Oxygen

2H₂0₂ = 2H₂0 + 0₂

How does the ARC system whiten?

We typically think of teeth as strong and solid, but your teeth actually have tiny tubules in them. These tubules go from your enamel surface to the inside of your tooth, which is called the dentin. Dentin is actually where most tooth stains occur, not the enamel, and these deep dentin stains are visible through the enamel, dulling your smile.

But it’s easy to spark it back up with peroxide. Peroxide occurs naturally in your body and is present in many biological processes, which is why your body has natural enzymes that help break it down.

As your body breaks the peroxide breaks down, it releases activated oxygen which attacks the stains.

Long chain stain molecules trapped in tooth.

Activated oxygen from peroxide breaks down stains.

Broken-down stains diffuse out of the tooth.

What’s left? Water, oxygen & whiter teeth!

How does Blue Light teeth whitening work?

The Blue Light works by targeting the yellow stains inside your teet h at the dentin. Blue Light wavelengths are specifically absorbed by yellow, and as the yellow stains absorb the Blue Light energy, they begin to weaken and lose their color. When this is combined with the peroxide process, you can remove the stains more quickly and easily than whitening strips alone.

Blue Light targets yellow stains.

Yellow tooth stains with double bonds.

Blue Light breaks double bond stains into single bonds.

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The ARC Difference

Science

Safety

Efficacy

When you’re considering teeth whitening at home, you want confidence that the product you choose is safe, effective, and can reveal your most vibrant smile. Here, you can learn why ARC is one of the best at-home teeth whitening system on the market and learn how to whiten your teeth for maximum impact. We know how important your smile is to you, and we’re here to empower you with the knowledge that ARC can help reveal your contagiously bright spirit.

Blue Light

Teeth Whitening: Facts & Myths

When you’re considering teeth whitening at home, you want confidence that the product you choose is safe, effective, and can reveal your most vibrant smile. Here, you can learn why ARC is one of the best at-home teeth whitening system on the market and learn how to whiten your teeth for maximum impact. We know how important your smile is to you, and we’re here to empower you with the knowledge that ARC can help reveal your contagiously bright spirit.

Myth #1

Peroxide strips your enamel

Fact: Every smile tells a story, and with ARC, you can trust that your story’s a good one. We only use safe and effective whitening ingredients so you can trust that your teeth will keep on shining for decades to come.

Peroxide gives you a brilliant smile by diffusing harmlessly into your tooth through tiny tubules. This allows the peroxide to work beneath the enamel surface to remove stains. When you put on our Whitening Strips, the no-slip grip holds the peroxide against your teeth to give your teeth time to absorb all that whitening power and take your color from dull to electric.

Myth #2

Sensitivity is a sign of damage from whitening

Fact: Every smile tells a story, and with ARC, you can trust that your story’s a good one. We only use safe and effective whitening ingredients so you can trust that your teeth will keep on shining for decades to come.

That sensitive feeling you may be experiencing is not related to enamel damage, it’s actually caused by the diffusion of water through your tooth. After whitening, teeth can get “dehydrated” because of the peroxide action, and because your teeth have nerves in them, this can feel weird or uncomfortable like a dull ache. But don’t worry, your teeth naturally and quickly rehydrate themselves, so you’ll be back bold and balanced in no time.

(Note that gum sensitivity can occur if you leave peroxide on your gum tissues for extended periods, so always make sure to apply whitening strips below the gumline and only on your teeth to avoid irritation!)

Myth #3

The Blue Light is dangerous

Fact: Our Blue Light contains a harmless LED light, like the ones you sit under in an office. Our scientists have designed our Blue Light to stay within a narrow range of wavelengths in the visible spectrum. This special wavelength specifically targets the yellow of stains to help harmlessly break them down.

While there are types of light that can be dangerous, like infrared or UV, these are different wavelengths from the safe and effective ARC Blue Light. So, feel confident stepping into the light.

At ARC, we know you want to take care of your teeth so your smile stays vibrant for decades to come. Let’s keep those bright smiles and good times rolling with a system designed for safety, efficiency, and efficacy. Let’s start with ARC.