In-office Zoom whitening — several shades brighter in one appointment at 1455 Broadway in Hewlett.
Professional teeth whitening lifts stain that brushing cannot reach, safely and under supervision. At DNTL SPOT in Hewlett, NY, Dr. Inessa Murdakhayeva and Dr. Regina Murdakhayeva offer in-office Zoom teeth whitening and custom take-home trays — and check first that the shade you are unhappy with will actually respond.
There is a promotion running on in-office Zoom teeth whitening right now. Call (516) 226-9160 or check available times online.
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About ninety minutes in the chair, and you leave several shades brighter.
An itemized estimate with your insurance applied, before treatment starts.
Dr. Inessa and Dr. Regina treat you themselves, start to finish.
Tooth enamel is not solid glass. It is a dense mineral structure with microscopic porosity, and over years the pigments in coffee, tea, red wine, curry, tobacco and dark berries work their way into it. Surface stain comes off with a cleaning; the stain that has soaked in does not.
Professional teeth whitening uses hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide, which breaks down into oxygen molecules small enough to move into the enamel and split the colored compounds into smaller, colorless ones. The tooth is not coated, bleached in the household sense, or stripped — the pigment is chemically broken apart in place.
That is also why teeth whitening has a natural ceiling. It can remove stain, but it cannot change the underlying color your enamel and dentine were built with. The American Dental Association makes the same distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic discoloration.
In-office Zoom teeth whitening takes about ninety minutes in one appointment. Your gums and lips are isolated, a professional-strength gel is applied in several cycles and activated with a light, and you leave with the result already visible. It suits anyone with a date in the diary, and anyone who knows they will not keep up with trays at home.
Custom take-home trays are made from a scan of your teeth so the gel sits against the enamel rather than leaking onto the gums. You wear them for a set period daily over one to two weeks. The result is comparable, it arrives gradually, and you keep the trays for topping up in future years — which makes this the better long-term value for most people.
Both together is what we most often recommend. Zoom teeth whitening does the heavy lifting in one visit, and the trays hold the result and let you maintain it without repeating the in-office appointment.
This is the part that decides whether you will be pleased with the outcome, so we check it before you book.
Responds well. Yellowing from age, and staining from coffee, tea, red wine, cola, curry and tobacco. These are the everyday cases and they typically lift several shades.
Responds partially. Greyish discoloration, which is more stubborn than yellow. Mild tetracycline banding from childhood antibiotics may lighten with extended tray use over several weeks, but will not disappear.
Does not respond. White or brown fluorosis spots, which sometimes look more obvious afterwards because the surrounding tooth lightens around them. A single dark tooth after trauma or a root canal, which needs internal whitening or a veneer instead. And crucially, any existing dental work.
That last point catches people out. Teeth whitening has no effect on crowns, veneers, bridges or tooth-colored fillings — they keep whatever shade they were made in. If you have a crown on a front tooth, whitening the teeth around it will make it stand out, and the fix is to replace that restoration afterwards to match. We will point this out before you start rather than after.
Wondering how white you can actually get?
We will look at your teeth and tell you honestly what whitening can and cannot do.
We check for decay, cracks, gum disease and exposed root surfaces. Whitening an untreated cavity is uncomfortable and pointless, and peroxide on inflamed gums stings. This step is not a formality.
A hygiene visit first removes surface deposits, so the gel works on the enamel rather than on plaque and tartar. Some patients are content with the shade after this alone.
We record your starting shade against a guide and photograph it. Memory is unreliable about color — almost everyone underestimates how much their teeth have changed, which is why the before photograph matters.
Either the in-office Zoom teeth whitening appointment, or trays made and fitted with instructions for use at home.
We check the result against the starting shade, discuss maintenance, and plan any restorations that now need matching to the new color.
Temporary sensitivity is the most common side effect of teeth whitening, and it is worth knowing what is normal. Peroxide passes briefly through the enamel and can irritate the nerve, producing short sharp twinges — often called zingers — for a day or two afterwards. It is transient, it does not damage the tooth, and it settles.
What reduces it: using a desensitising toothpaste with potassium nitrate for two weeks beforehand, shorter wear times with trays, spacing sessions out rather than pushing through, and avoiding very hot and very cold drinks for the first day or two.
Tell us if you already have sensitive teeth. We adjust the concentration and the protocol rather than putting you through a standard regime and hoping. Exposed root surfaces from gum recession are the one situation that genuinely needs care, because root dentine is far more reactive than enamel.
Worried about sensitivity?
We take steps before and after to keep it manageable, and we explain exactly what to expect.
Professionally supervised whitening has a long safety record. Peroxide at these concentrations does not soften or thin enamel in any clinically meaningful way, and the effects on the nerve are temporary.
The risks come from what is around the teeth, not the teeth themselves. Gel on the gums causes chemical burns, which is precisely what a custom tray or professional isolation prevents. Over-the-counter kits with one-size mouthpieces leak, which is why gum irritation is the most common complaint with them. Their gels are also weaker, so the result is milder.
Two things we would steer you away from. Charcoal pastes are abrasive: they scrub surface stain and, used regularly, wear enamel — and thinner enamel shows more of the yellow dentine underneath, so the long-term effect is the opposite of what is wanted. And salon or mall whitening by non-dental staff involves no examination at all, so decay and gum disease go unnoticed.
One front tooth noticeably darker than its neighbors is a different problem from general yellowing, and standard teeth whitening will not solve it. The discoloration comes from inside the tooth — usually blood pigments released after a knock, or the breakdown of pulp tissue after the nerve has died.
The treatment is internal bleaching, sometimes called walking bleach. If the tooth has already had a root canal, a small access opening is made, the whitening agent is sealed inside the tooth, and it works outward over several days. It is usually repeated two or three times until the shade matches, and the access is then restored invisibly.
It is a conservative option worth trying before anything more involved, because it removes no tooth structure at all. Where it does not go far enough — a very dark tooth, or one that has already lost structure — a veneer or a crown is the next step, and we will be straightforward about which is likely from the start.
If the tooth is dark but has not had a root canal, we test the nerve first. A dying nerve needs treating on its own terms, and whitening over an untreated problem simply hides it.
Most of the disappointment we hear about comes from timing rather than from the treatment, so here is a workable schedule.
Three months out. Examination and hygiene visit. Any decay or gum problems get treated now, because whitening on top of them is uncomfortable and often has to be postponed anyway.
Six to eight weeks out. Do the teeth whitening. This leaves room to repeat a session if you want to go further, and it lets any sensitivity settle entirely.
Four weeks out. If you have front crowns, veneers or fillings that now look out of step, this is when they are replaced to match the new shade. Restorations should always be matched after whitening, never before.
Two weeks out. A top-up night or two with your trays if needed, then stop. Leave time for the shade to stabilise.
The week itself. Nothing new. This is not the moment to try a treatment for the first time.
Booking teeth whitening three days before a wedding is the one scenario we will gently talk you out of.
Want the cost in writing?
You get the full price before anything starts, and Zoom teeth whitening is on promotion right now: $450, normally $600.
Zoom teeth whitening is $450 right now — $150 off the regular $600 — and the promotional price covers the examination, the in-office appointment, and your shade records. We give you the exact cost of teeth whitening in writing before you book.
Cosmetic treatment is excluded by essentially every dental plan, so whitening is self-funded. We are in network with fourteen PPOs — Aetna, AlwaysCare, Ameritas, Anthem, Cigna, Delta Dental, GEHA, Guardian, Humana, Lincoln Financial, MetLife, Principal, United Concordia, and United Healthcare — for the rest of your care, and the examination and cleaning that precede whitening are usually covered in the normal way. We do not participate in Medicaid or Medicare.
Our membership plan includes preventive care and discounts treatment for uninsured patients, and financing options are on the financial information page. You get the full cost in writing before anything starts.
Results typically hold for one to three years, and the range is almost entirely down to habits rather than to the treatment.
Ready to book your whitening?
Pick a time online in under a minute, or call and speak to the front desk.
DNTL SPOT is owned and run by two sisters, Dr. Inessa Murdakhayeva and Dr. Regina Murdakhayeva. Teeth whitening here is a supervised dental procedure, not a retail transaction.
We are at 1455 Broadway in Hewlett. Patients come to us for Zoom teeth whitening from Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Inwood, North Woodmere, Lynbrook, Far Rockaway, East Rockaway, Atlantic Beach, and Valley Stream.
The in-office appointment is a single ninety-minute visit, and Sunday hours make it easy to fit in before an event. New to the practice? Our new patient resources page explains what to bring.
Ready when you are
Come in for the examination first and we will tell you honestly what your teeth will do. Check available times online or call the office.
1455 Broadway, Hewlett, NY 11557
(516) 226-9160
Monday & Wednesday 9:00 AM–5:00 PM · Sunday 9:00 AM–3:00 PM
