Candidacy
The team confirms whether treatment fits your situation.
Treatments / Cosmetic dentistry
Whitening with clear expectations.
Dr. Alejandra Grueso evaluates your candidacy and explains realistic whitening expectations for your case.
Before choosing
Your smile deserves an evaluation, not a promise.
The specialist reviews oral health, current shade and your goals before recommending an option. Results depend on each case.
- Candidacy and expectations review.
- Care and treatment limits explained.
- Estimate after diagnosis.
Expectations
Discuss a possible result without universal guarantees.
Care
Receive instructions reviewed by your professional.
An ALDental case. Before and after.
Two moments from the same whitening case, treated at our clinic.
One patient's result. The change in shade varies from person to person.
A brighter smile. A goal that fits you.
How does whitening work?
Whitening gel contains peroxide, which breaks down pigments in teeth and reduces their color intensity. This can lighten your natural teeth.
Before you begin, ALDental reviews your oral health, starting shade and what you would like to improve, to develop a plan that fits you.
Crowns, veneers and fillings retain their color. Temporary sensitivity can occur, which is why professional assessment and follow-up matter.
How do we compare your shade?
The VITA Toothguide 3D-MASTER lets us compare teeth with physical shade samples. Shade matching means finding the closest sample to record your starting shade and compare the change.
- Lightness
- How light or dark a tooth looks.
- Intensity
- How strong or soft its color is.
- Hue
- Whether it tends toward yellow, an intermediate shade or red.
Which shades do we work toward?
The usual direction is greater lightness and less color intensity. In VITA 3D-MASTER, natural shade groups range from 5, darker, to 1, lighter.
- 5Group
- 4Group
- 3Group
- 2Group
- 1Group
DarkerToward lighter →
Illustrative diagram, not a sequence of sessions. On-screen colors cannot be used to choose your tooth shade.
The guide version with bleached shades adds 0M1, 0M2 and 0M3 as references. These are not universal targets: your starting shade and how your teeth respond determine the achievable change.
Discover what change we can work toward for your smile at ALDental.
Book my whitening assessment →Reference information: VITA guide · VITA shade system · American Dental Association
Clinical context and general sources
This service is led at ALDental by Dr. Alejandra Grueso. The sources below provide general information. They do not establish your diagnosis, treatment duration or individual result.
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First step
MXN $900 or USD $50.
No consultation fee if you start treatment.
Includes specialist, radiographs and diagnosis.