Hi, just found yiour story on here,w as looking for someone who had experiencedr the same problem as me. Had my teeth done yesterday (Zoom) and I've got exactly the same problems as yiou. My gums are burnt!?!??! Not good, and the skin is coming off. Are yours now all healed and back to normal? Bit worried.

omg i have the same problem my upper gums are burnt after 2 days of zoom my gums becomes black i am really worried if this will healed will it back to normal color and shape??? can someone give an advice hi sarah how much is zoom on your dentist??? mine is 600$ it doesnt hurt that much thats why i thought it was normal so i dont give complain while the process is going

before the zoom procedure... i have yellow teeth... i can smile now after the zoom treatment.....i have a white teeth... i cant smile because zoom made my gums black and swollen its better to have a yellowish teeth than a black swollen gums

It's 3am and I had zoom 2 days ago. My lips are so burnt but I'm more worried about my gums. I am having the same experience with black burnt gums. At first they were kind of white and I didn't notice until I brushed my teeth and it was so painful that I looked and realized the top layer of skin had come off. Now it just look purplish black and white, Can anyone tell us if this heals completely????!!!!

I never heard of vitamin e for gums. The vitamin e I bought says for external use only. It's in a small bottle and is the same consistancy as the stuff found in the gel cap.

My teeth are white but I'm getting married in less than a month and I'm worried about my gums. Can anyone tell me if these after effects leave permanent scars on your gums? The dentist said it would not when I called today.

Wow! When I started this post back in 2006, I never expected so many other people to come forward with the same problems! I find this very interesting. It makes me wonder if there SHOULD be a law suit. I mean, for some people who experience these side effects, they may be minimal. But think about this, when your gum tissue is burned away, it may not grow back to what it was before. When people get those smile makeovers, in some people, they burn away parts of the gum tissue permanently to even out their smile. So I don't think it's safe to be burning off parts of your gum tissue with ZOOM. Also, any time you get burnes anywhere, you could potentially suffer from scarring. I don't see how anyone could say this is normal. For one thing, I was not told it could happen in the first place. I was simply told that their could be some sensitivity, but that it would go away.

I can also say that I believe it is the intense peroxide that is causing the burns and not the light. I say this because I used the whitening trays prior to ZOOM and noticed that if you get the peroxide on your gums for too long, it will turn them white, burn, and the skin will start to slough off in that area, leaving an open sore.

So the big question is...

Is this a problem with the person applying the peroxide doing a sloppy job and not getting the barrier on accurately?

Or...

Is the barrier product inadequate to block the effects of the peroxide on tissue?

I am torn on which it would be. Maybe it is a combination of both. But, for those people who end up with burns on their lips, that tells me that the person applying the peroxide was sloppy. You are not supposed to get that stuff on your lips.

I don't know. I am fine now, but won't ever do that again and won't recommend it to anyone either. I think the trays are much safer and for me... more effective.

i just had it done last week! it was ahorrible experience it burnt and i buzzed the n the burning went away. They burnt my gums and it got like a callus then the callus went away and i had red raw gums. ive always had a really really gummy smile and i have no gums now. they gave me motrin at first and huge antibiotics that they gaurenteed would upset my stomach. the motrin didnt work at all so i called and asked for something stronger and they gave me tylenol 3. ive had to pay for all my prescriptions and they havent offered me a discount. nothings working for the pain until my aunt told me she had some novocaine so ive been rubbing that on my gums and they feel so much better. theyre finally starting to heal but im worried they wont heal properly. i didnt pay 500 dollars to have my gums burnt out of my mouth. my mom had it done with no problems. lucky her!

Hello, I was googleing Zoom and got this site. My name is David, and I received Zoom roughly about 10 days ago. My symptoms are similar to those expressed above. Not as extreme though. I had really sensitive teeth and gums for a few days...but my teeth are not as white as I thought they'd be...this is my only complaint. I'm getting a full job done on my upper area. Veneers and the ol nine yards...so I'm just waiting for the finished product.

Anyways just wanted to vent and all that.

Thanks