have not been exposed to caustic prior art dental bleaches some patients experience chronic sensitivity of the teeth and gums this sensitivity may be alleviated in part by including a desensitizing agent in the dental bleach so that the patient will not experience discomfort or develop apprehension during the bleaching process examples of desensitizing agents include fluoride potassium nitrate sodium citrate aloe vera and the like as desired other components may be included in the bleach as well including anticariogenic agents and antimicrobial agents which are already known in dentistry the following are some sample compositions of the invented dental bleach weight percentages provided indicate the presence of a component as its percentage of the total resulting bleach in some embodiments percentages of various components can vary as follows the ph ranges of the mixed gel can be as desired and in many instances may be in the range of 5 to 8 or in the range of 4 to 10 other ph ranges are possible a completed dental bleach of the invention may be a viscous gel that is thick enough that it does not drip out of a syringe of the size typically used in clinical or home dental bleaching where the syringe has a tip aperture that measures from about 2 mm to about 10 mm in diameter dental bleaches of other viscosities may be made according to the invention as well referring to fig2 a method for performing dental bleaching of a patient 39 s teeth is depicted first a dental bleach containing polyvinylpyrrolidone is obtained or created 201 such as by utilizing one of the formulas above a patient or dental practitioner of patient would likely obtain a dental bleach.