Safety Comparison of Over the Counter Bleaching with Professionally Prescribed Home Bleaching Agent

Aims: This aimed to compare the colour changes, microhardness, and surface roughness of the human natural tooth after bleaching treatment with a professional home bleaching agent and over-the-counter (OTC) bleaching agent. Settings and Design: This was an in vitro study using extracted human teeth s...

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Main Authors: Singh, Japsimretjit Kaur Manjit, Sengut, Masturah, Halim, Mohamad Syahrizal, Ab‑Ghani, Zuryati, Rahman, Normastura Abd
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Published: Medknow Publications 2018
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author Singh, Japsimretjit Kaur Manjit
Sengut, Masturah
Halim, Mohamad Syahrizal
Ab‑Ghani, Zuryati
Rahman, Normastura Abd
author_facet Singh, Japsimretjit Kaur Manjit
Sengut, Masturah
Halim, Mohamad Syahrizal
Ab‑Ghani, Zuryati
Rahman, Normastura Abd
author_sort Singh, Japsimretjit Kaur Manjit
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description Aims: This aimed to compare the colour changes, microhardness, and surface roughness of the human natural tooth after bleaching treatment with a professional home bleaching agent and over-the-counter (OTC) bleaching agent. Settings and Design: This was an in vitro study using extracted human teeth stained with human blood as specimens. Materials and Methods: Fifty-seven human natural teeth were embedded in acrylic of 2.5 mm thickness and 14 mm × 8 mm surface area. The samples were stained with human blood before they were divided into three groups (n = 19 per group) of control (C), Professional Bleaching Opalescence PF 15% (PB), and OTC Whitelight Tooth Whitening set (WL) before being treated with the respective bleaching agents for 10 days. Color changes were measured as colorimetric measurements (L*, a*, and b* values) were recorded during prestaining, poststaining, and postbleaching, while microhardness and surface roughness measurements were recorded for pre- and postbleaching. Statistical Analysis: Statistical analysis was done with SPSS (IBM Statistic, California, USA) version 22.0. Paired t-test and nonparametric analysis (Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test) were used to analyze the data. P value was set as significant at P < 0.05. Results: The color changes in PB group was not significantly better compared with WL group (PB: 12.2 [4.07] and WL: 12.2 [4.32]). Whereas significant difference was noticed in microhardness after bleaching in PB group with a higher VHN number (500.4 [121.10]) compared with WL group (471.0 [114.47]) . The surface roughness (Ra) remain the same for all experimental groups. Conclusions: Both professional home bleaching agent and OTC bleaching agents showed similar efficacy, with no effect on surface roughness, and both caused an increase in microhardness.
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spelling usm-454362019-09-17T04:29:17Z http://eprints.usm.my/45436/ Safety Comparison of Over the Counter Bleaching with Professionally Prescribed Home Bleaching Agent Singh, Japsimretjit Kaur Manjit Sengut, Masturah Halim, Mohamad Syahrizal Ab‑Ghani, Zuryati Rahman, Normastura Abd RK1-715 Dentistry Aims: This aimed to compare the colour changes, microhardness, and surface roughness of the human natural tooth after bleaching treatment with a professional home bleaching agent and over-the-counter (OTC) bleaching agent. Settings and Design: This was an in vitro study using extracted human teeth stained with human blood as specimens. Materials and Methods: Fifty-seven human natural teeth were embedded in acrylic of 2.5 mm thickness and 14 mm × 8 mm surface area. The samples were stained with human blood before they were divided into three groups (n = 19 per group) of control (C), Professional Bleaching Opalescence PF 15% (PB), and OTC Whitelight Tooth Whitening set (WL) before being treated with the respective bleaching agents for 10 days. Color changes were measured as colorimetric measurements (L*, a*, and b* values) were recorded during prestaining, poststaining, and postbleaching, while microhardness and surface roughness measurements were recorded for pre- and postbleaching. Statistical Analysis: Statistical analysis was done with SPSS (IBM Statistic, California, USA) version 22.0. Paired t-test and nonparametric analysis (Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test) were used to analyze the data. P value was set as significant at P < 0.05. Results: The color changes in PB group was not significantly better compared with WL group (PB: 12.2 [4.07] and WL: 12.2 [4.32]). Whereas significant difference was noticed in microhardness after bleaching in PB group with a higher VHN number (500.4 [121.10]) compared with WL group (471.0 [114.47]) . The surface roughness (Ra) remain the same for all experimental groups. Conclusions: Both professional home bleaching agent and OTC bleaching agents showed similar efficacy, with no effect on surface roughness, and both caused an increase in microhardness. Medknow Publications 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/45436/1/Safety%20Comparison%20of%20Over%20the%20Counter%20Bleaching%20with%20Professionally%20Prescribed%20Home%20Bleaching%20Agent.pdf Singh, Japsimretjit Kaur Manjit and Sengut, Masturah and Halim, Mohamad Syahrizal and Ab‑Ghani, Zuryati and Rahman, Normastura Abd (2018) Safety Comparison of Over the Counter Bleaching with Professionally Prescribed Home Bleaching Agent. European Journal of Dentistry, 7 (2). pp. 35-40. ISSN 1305-7456 http://www.ejgd.org/text.asp?2018/7/2/35/232395
spellingShingle RK1-715 Dentistry
Singh, Japsimretjit Kaur Manjit
Sengut, Masturah
Halim, Mohamad Syahrizal
Ab‑Ghani, Zuryati
Rahman, Normastura Abd
Safety Comparison of Over the Counter Bleaching with Professionally Prescribed Home Bleaching Agent
title Safety Comparison of Over the Counter Bleaching with Professionally Prescribed Home Bleaching Agent
title_full Safety Comparison of Over the Counter Bleaching with Professionally Prescribed Home Bleaching Agent
title_fullStr Safety Comparison of Over the Counter Bleaching with Professionally Prescribed Home Bleaching Agent
title_full_unstemmed Safety Comparison of Over the Counter Bleaching with Professionally Prescribed Home Bleaching Agent
title_short Safety Comparison of Over the Counter Bleaching with Professionally Prescribed Home Bleaching Agent
title_sort safety comparison of over the counter bleaching with professionally prescribed home bleaching agent
topic RK1-715 Dentistry
url http://eprints.usm.my/45436/
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http://eprints.usm.my/45436/1/Safety%20Comparison%20of%20Over%20the%20Counter%20Bleaching%20with%20Professionally%20Prescribed%20Home%20Bleaching%20Agent.pdf