#88 Are Photosensitive Gels the Only Whitening Gels That Work with an LED?
Release Date: 09/29/2025
#105 The Truth On Disinfectant Labels all Teeth Whitening Techs Need To Know
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Episode #105 of the Whitening Wednesday Podcast, the only teeth whitening podcast 🎙️ THE TRUTH ON DISINFECTANT LABELS ALL TEETH WHTENING TECHS NEED TO KNOW In this episode, we sit down with Kathy Purves, a retired dental assistant who has been a top educator and speaker in the infection control industry for over 30 years. With a chemistry degree, dental clinical background and years of working directly with disinfectant manufacturers and distributors Kathy is telling us the truth we need to know to keep our teeth whitening and tooth gem businesses safe. Listen for the full scoop on...
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#104 You Can't Get Tooth Gem Insurance
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Can you get tooth gem insurance coverage for your business? Find out this week on the Whitening Wednesday Podcast 👉 Listen on 👉 Listen on 👉 Shop our sponsor: 🔴 Subscribe on YouTube: 🔴 Follow Rach on Instagram:
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#103 The Key To Success In Teeth Whitening (Revisit 2023)
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#102 You Should Start With A Low Peroxide At The Start Of A Chairside Appointment
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Truth or Trend: You Should Start With A Low Peroxide At The Start Of A Chairside Appointment - TREND Find out why on this weeks episode! 👉 Listen on 👉 Listen on 👉 Shop our sponsor: 🔴 Subscribe on YouTube: 🔴 Follow Rach on Instagram:
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#101 If I Could Tell Every Whitening Tech One Thing...
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#100 Should You Price & Advertise Teeth Whitening Service By Contact Time?
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Truth or Trend: Pricing & advertising your teeth whitening services by contact times not full chair time- TREND Find out why on this weeks episode! 👉 Listen on 👉 Listen on 👉 Shop our sponsor: 🔴 Subscribe on YouTube: 🔴 Follow Rach on Instagram:
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#99 Why Your Teeth Whitening Business Will Fail Without Real Education
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#98 Should Clients Floss Before Teeth Whitening?
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#97 Teeth Whitening Provider Horror Stories
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#96 Do You Need to Agitate Your Whitening Gel?
Whitening Wednesday Podcast
Do You Need to Agitate Your Whitening Gel? 0:00 — Intro: The age-old question — do you really need to shake or stir your whitening gel? 0:45 — Why some brands say you should (and why that’s usually a red flag 🚩) 1:32 — Quick science lesson: what stabilizers and thickeners actually do in whitening gels 2:10 — Oxidization explained — and why a stable gel should never “need to be woken up” 3:15 — What agitation really means: manipulating vs activating your gel 4:05 — Shelf life, refrigeration, and why storage impacts oxidization speed 5:10 — The real reason some gels...
info_outlineThere’s a big myth in whitening that only “photosensitive” gels actually work with an LED light — and if your gel doesn’t have a photo initiator, your light is just for show. Let’s science behind peroxide activation, and why the “photosensitive gel” label is more marketing than truth.
00:00 – Intro: Truth or Trend: Are photosensitive gels the only gels that work with an LED?
00:55 – The myth explained: LED is useless without a “photosensitive” gel
01:20 – The science: Peroxide gels (hydrogen + carbamide) and how they oxidize stains
01:55 – Chromophore theory: Free radicals + reactive oxygen species doing the real work
02:44 – Blue spectrum LED: Why light/heat accelerates peroxide breakdown
03:01 – Photo initiators explained: Titanium dioxide as the common additive
03:40 – Marketing gimmick: Why companies push the “photosensitive only” message
04:20 – The truth: Peroxide reacts to LED with or without a photo initiator
05:00 – Recap + final verdict:
❌ You don’t need a “special photosensitive gel” for LEDs to work
✅ All peroxide-based gels accelerate under light/heat energy
05:45 – Final mic-drop: Your LED is there to help accelerate oxidation, not to complete it — don’t fall for the photosensitive gimmick.
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