The influence of two home-applied bleaching agents on enamel microhardness:: An in situ study
The influence of two home-applied bleaching agents on enamel microhardness:: An in situ study
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jdent.2007.09.011
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Cardoso Vieira, Luiz Clovis
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作者:
Maia, Elaine;Baratieri, Luiz Narciso;Cardoso Vieira, Luiz Clovis
Objective: This in situ study evaluated the influence of two home-applied bleaching agents (10% carbamide peroxide and 7.5% hydrogen peroxide) on enamel microhardness.Methods: Ninety enamel slabs were obtained from human third molars and baseline Knoop hardness measurements were recorded under a 50 g load for 5s. The specimens were attached to intra-oral devices delivered to 10 volunteers (donor of the teeth) who used the devices 24 h/day throughout the experiment. The specimens were divided in three groups, two experimental and one control; in the last group, enamel slabs were not submitted to bleaching agents, but exposed only to the action of saliva. Two custom-made trays were made for each volunteer to recover the teeth and the appliances containing the enamel slabs. The bleaching regimen was 1 h/day for 21 consecutive days. Subsequently, additional hardness measurements were recorded.Results: The mean values of the baseline and final microhardness were: 348 and 352.2; 346.6 and 354.5; 342 and 340.8, for control, 10% carbamide peroxide and 7.5% hydrogen peroxide groups, respectively. One-way ANOVA of the microhardness mean values revealed no statistically significant differences among groups, the specimens treated with 7.5% hydrogen peroxide has shown a tendency (p = 0.056) to microhardness decrease.Conclusions: Data suggested that the tested home bleaching agents did not change the superficial enamel microhardness. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.