Oral Health and Dental Management

Department of Physics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Publications

• Research Article   
  Dental Sensitivity and Color Change in Patients Undergoing Dental Bleaching with Application of Violet Light
  Author(s): Vitor Hugo Panhóca*, Marcelo Saito Nogueira, Fátima Antonia Aparecida Zanin, Ana Paula Brugnera, Aldo Brugnera Jr and Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
  
  Objectives: Evaluate the effects of Violet Light Illumination (VLI) alone or combined with 10% carbamide peroxide and 35% hydrogen peroxide gels on Dental Sensitivity (DS) and tooth-color difference. Materials and methods: 15 patients were divided into V group (n=5; dental bleaching using only VLI), VCP group (n=5; VLI and 10% carbamide peroxide gel) and VHP group (n=5; dental bleaching using VLI and 35% hydrogen peroxide gel). Tooth color was assessed by using ΔE and Δblue of a calibrated colorimeter. Colorimetric measurements and DS scores were recorded before the initial session (T0), after 1st session (T1) and after 2nd session (T2). At each session, DS scores were taken in a visual scale from 0 to 10 and their sum for all teeth evaluated in a given patient was used as that patient’s DS score. Kruska.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2247-2452.22.21.1002

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