Comparison of the effectiveness of professionally delivered and OTC whitening toothpastes. An in vitro study.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness of five whitening toothpastes applied three times a day for 4 weeks. METHODS: 25 human extracted teeth were selected. Two peroxide-based dental bleaching pastes (professionally delivered): Enawhite 2.0 (En), Whitekin (Wk); and three over the counter whitening toothpastes: Opalescence whitening toothpaste (Op), Colgate max White expert White (Cg) Premium activated charcoal (Cr) were used. Teeth were brushed for 4 weeks, three times a day. Color was measured with a spectrophotometer according to the CIELab system. ΔEab, W* and ΔE00 values were calculated at baseline, at the end of the treatment, and 1 week after the end of treatment. Data analysis was performed using a generalized estimating equations model, evaluating the effect of treatment, time and interaction (P< 0.05). RESULTS: ΔEab values ranged from 5.01 for En to 3.22 for Wk after the 4-week treatment period. One week after the end of treatment, ΔEab ranged from 5.91 for Cr to 3.62 for Op (P> 0.05 between groups). The closest to pure white (W* differences between baseline and after 1 week from the end of treatment) was for En and Wk. ΔE00 values after 4 weeks of treatment ranged from 3.23 for En to 1.79 for Wk. One week after the end of treatment, the ΔE00 ranges were between 3.31 for Cr to 2.03 for Op (P> 0.05 between groups). CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: All the evaluated whitening toothpastes improved dental color values higher than those perceptible and acceptable at the 50:50 threshold.

In vitro evaluation of the efficacy of two bleaching procedures

Objective: In vitro comparison of the efficacy of two bleaching procedures, one based on carbamide peroxide (CP)and the other on hydrogen peroxide (HP), simulating clinical conditions.Study Design: Two groups of 20 teeth in each group were selected. Group A: 22% CP, one hour a day for 21 consecutivedays. Group B: 37.5% HP, in 2 treatment sessions with an one week interval between each session. At eachsession the product was applied three successive times for eight minutes. Colour was recorded before treatment,when it was finished and one week after finishing it, with the Vita EasyShade spectrophotometer. CIEL*a*b* andΔE were established at each moment in the study. Intra-group data was compared using the paired t-test and intergroupdata with the independent groups t-test. Scores from the Vita Classical guide provided with the device wererecorded and the colour improvement percentage was calculated.Results: In both groups significant whitening was achieved by the end of treatment. Lightness remained significantlyhigh when treatment was finished and one week after in both groups. The percentage of bleaching wassignificantly higher in group A.Conclusions: Both 22% CP and 37.5% HP were effective for bleaching teeth. Bleaching effect was greater in CPgroup (AU)

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In vitro evaluation of the efficacy of two bleaching procedures.

OBJECTIVE: In vitro comparison of the efficacy of two bleaching procedures, one based on carbamide peroxide (CP) and the other on hydrogen peroxide (HP), simulating clinical conditions. STUDY DESIGN: Two groups of 20 teeth in each group were selected. Group A: 22% CP, one hour a day for 21 consecutive days. Group B: 37.5% HP, in 2 treatment sessions with an one week interval between each session. At each session the product was applied three successive times for eight minutes. Colour was recorded before treatment, when it was finished and one week after finishing it, with the Vita EasyShade spectrophotometer. CIEL*a*b* and ΔE were established at each moment in the study. Intra-group data was compared using the paired t-test and inter-group data with the independent groups t-test. Scores from the Vita Classical guide provided with the device were recorded and the colour improvement percentage was calculated. RESULTS: In both groups significant whitening was achieved by the end of treatment. Lightness remained significantly high when treatment was finished and one week after in both groups. The percentage of bleaching was significantly higher in group A. CONCLUSIONS: Both 22% CP and 37.5% HP were effective for bleaching teeth. Bleaching effect was greater in CP group.

Toothguide Training Box for dental color choice training.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of the Toothguide Training Box (TTB) for training dental students in color identification. The seventy-four volunteers who took part in the study attended a seminar on the Vita 3D Master Guide (MG) and the TTB system as well as a demonstration of the equipment before training began. At the end of the training they took the TTB final test. In addition, the participants were asked to recognize ten MG shade tabs in a blind manner before and after TTB training. The training times and percentages of correct answers were compared using the paired t-test. Variations in scores with training times and percentages of correct answers before and after training were compared using the ANOVA test. Training times between thirty-one and thirty-eight minutes provided a significantly higher mean score than training times of over thirty-eight minutes (p=0.036). The percentage of correct answers obtained with the MG before and after training shows a positive correlation. High TTB scores are associated with a greater number of correct answers in MG shade tab selection.