Review Article

Year : 2021 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 2 | Page : 52 - 55

At Home and In-Office Bleaching Techniques – A Literature Review

Shilpa Ajai, K. Mahalakshmi1

Dental Practitioner, Modern Dentistry Dental Clinic, Chetpet, 1 Public Health Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Dr. Shilpa Ajai,

Department of Public Health Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

E‐mail: shilpaajai1208@gmail.com

Abstract

Hydrogen and carbamide peroxides have been successfully used for many years; in the past century, the dental bleaching technique suffered several changes and almost 10 years before new millennium, the technique was finally recognized by the international agencies of regulation. It is important that dentists handle the peroxides with the essential knowledge because it is demonstrated that satisfactory final results of this technique depend on the correct diagnosis of stains, management of the substrates (enamel and dentin) and as well sensitivity. Dentists are exposed to several dental bleaching techniques, products, and brands, and in the last 2 decades, the devices for light activation of the peroxides have become an extensive catalog. Today, the technique is also suffering changes based on the effectiveness of the different light sources for peroxide activation and its relation to satisfactory final results of the technique. The purpose of this literature review is to explain the determinant factors that influence satisfactory final results of the techniques and provide a general overview, to achieve a treatment decision based on evidence.

Keywords: At home bleaching, bleaching, in‐office bleaching

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How to cite this article:

Ajai S, Mahalakshmi K. At home and in-office bleaching techniques – A literature review. Int J Community Dent 2021;9:52-5.