Best Of New York: Teeth Whitening
Follow some of the most photographed smiles in the city - Ivana and Ivanka, Donatella and Calvin, the Miller sisters - to the source of cosmetic dentistry himself, Dr. Irwin Smigel. The man actually invented bonding, and there's even an aesthetic-dentistry prize named after him at the NYU College of Dentistry. Smigel whitens not with bleaching trays but with a plasma arc light (which he helped invent). It's not the cheapest route ($1,000), but it is the quickest (about an hour and a half). And you'll walk out with blinding white choppers. Budget option: Smigel's Supersmile, a non-abrasive toothpaste ($16) that's a proven whitener.