Vital Tooth Bleaching in Dental Practice: 1. Professional Bleaching

From Volume 33, Issue 5, June 2006 | Pages 288-304

Authors

I A Pretty

BDS(Hons), MSc, PhD, MFDS RCS(Ed)

Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry and Research Fellow, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Articles by I A Pretty

R P Ellwood

BDS, MSc, MDS, PhD

Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health, Dental Health Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Articles by R P Ellwood

P A Brunton

PhD, MSc, BChD, FDS(Rest Dent), RCS(Ed)

Professor and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, University of Leeds

Articles by P A Brunton

A Aminian

BDS, MSc, MFDS RCPS, MRD RCS(Ed)

Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry and Specialist in Prosthodontics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Articles by A Aminian

Abstract

As dental health improves, with the concurrent drop in the provision of basic restorative care, patients are now asking their dentists to provide aesthetic treatments rather than the treatment of disease. Tooth bleaching is one such treatment that is frequently described in consumer magazines and television shows, driving consumer interest in this, apparently, benign therapy. This three-part series demonstrates the techniques that can be employed, within the dental practice or under the supervision of a clinician, those systems that can be bought by patients over the counter and, finally, a discussion of the biological effects of peroxide-containing solutions and the legal position on such products in the UK.

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