Smyle Dental – Dr. David Zaghi / Teeth Whitening
Smyle Dental Newhall offers Zoom whitening, which uses a professional-grade gel activated by light to lift stains from coffee, tea, tobacco and time. It reaches both surface staining and the deeper discoloration that over-the-counter strips cannot touch, and your enamel is checked before anything is applied.
What we treat
One appointment at our Newhall office, roughly an hour in the chair, and you leave several shades lighter. This is the option Santa Clarita patients pick when there is a date on the calendar, a wedding or a shoot, and no time for a gradual approach.
Trays moulded to your own teeth, so the gel sits on enamel instead of leaking onto your gums the way shop-bought trays do. You wear them for a set period each day and the change comes on gradually over a couple of weeks.
Yellowing from coffee, tea, red wine and age responds very well. Grey-toned discolouration from old trauma or certain antibiotics responds poorly. We check which you have before taking your money, and say so if veneers are the honest answer.
Bleach only works on natural enamel. Existing crowns, veneers and white fillings hold their original shade, so whitening natural teeth around them can leave a visible mismatch. Where you have front-tooth restorations, we plan the order of work to avoid that.
This is the question we are asked most, and the answer is straightforward. Professional treatment uses prescription-grade gel, typically hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide, at concentrations that are not available over the counter.
Just as important is what happens before the gel goes on. Smyle Dental Newhall examines your teeth and gums first to confirm they are healthy enough for whitening and to identify what kind of discoloration you actually have, which decides which approach will work.
Strips apply the same product to everyone regardless of what is causing the staining, which is why results are so inconsistent. We are also transparent about cost: the exact figure depends on whether you choose in-office or take-home trays, and you get it in writing before you decide.
Why people stay
First visits are booked longer on purpose so nothing is rushed, and we stop the moment you raise a hand. Most new patients tell us they have put this off for years.
Images, options and the cost in writing first. The least invasive option that actually solves the problem is the one we recommend.
Santa Clarita and Bakersfield run to the same standard with Dr. Zaghi at both. Book whichever is closer, or move between them.
The average dentist in Bakersfield sits at 4.3 stars across a handful of reviews. This practice holds 4.9 across 932 reviews, 822 in Bakersfield and 110 in Santa Clarita.
You may be able to use your own dental insurance if you have a policy that allows you to choose your own dentist. If this is the case, we are happy to file your insurance claims for you so that you can be reimbursed by your insurance company.
Both offices hold time open each day for pain, swelling and breakages, because those never arrive on a convenient schedule.
Reviews
Dr. Zaghi is INCREDIBLE! I am so absolutely thrilled with my new crowns. The staff is amazing. Leoni runs the office and Is so wonderful. I didn’t have to wait. I went right in at the time that my appointment was scheduled. …
adrienne mileySanta Clarita, Google review
Yes, on strength and on evenness. Professional gel is considerably more concentrated and it is applied with your gums protected. Strips lift surface staining and tend to miss the edges and the gaps between teeth.
If your discolouration is the yellowing kind from food, drink and age, almost certainly. If it is grey banding from tetracycline or an old injury, whitening will disappoint you and we would rather tell you that at the consultation than after you have paid.
No. Only natural enamel responds. If you have crowns or white fillings on your front teeth, we plan around that, usually whitening first and then matching the restorations to the new shade afterwards.
In-office and take-home are priced differently, and take-home is the lower of the two. You get the figure at the consultation before committing, and there is no charge for finding out whether you are a candidate.
If your policy lets you pick your own dentist, you can almost certainly use it at our Newhall office, and we will file the claim for you so your insurer reimburses you directly. Be aware that whitening is treated as cosmetic by nearly every insurer, so it is usually paid for privately. We will confirm your position before you decide.
First appointments in Newhall are deliberately booked long so nothing gets rushed, and everything stops the second you lift a hand. Plenty of the people who walk in here have avoided a dentist for years. You will not be lectured about it.
New patient offer
A comprehensive exam and a full set of x-rays, so you and Dr. Zaghi are looking at the same picture before anyone decides anything. Available at both offices.
New patient exam
$99
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