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Isabel Gimeno1, Pere Riutord, Pedro Tauler
1Research Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, Research Institute of Health Sciences, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca E-07122, Spain.
Objective:
Carbamide peroxide and hydrogen peroxide have been used as tooth whitening agents. The aim of this paper was to determine the efficiency of several enzyme-containing whitening systems. A method to determine the rate of 'in vitro' tetracycline whitening was also developed.
Methods:
We determined the tetracycline whitening ability of carbamide peroxide and hydrogen peroxide, and the influence of peroxidase and lactoperoxidase on this tetracycline whitening rate.
Results:
High peroxidase and lactoperoxidase concentrations increased the rate of tetracycline decoloration obtained with carbamide peroxide or hydrogen peroxide. The decoloration rate observed was lower when the glucose/glucose oxidase system was used to generate hydrogen peroxide 'in situ'. The presence of peroxidase increased the decoloration rate of extracted teeth obtained with carbamide.
Conclusions:
Enzymes such as peroxidase could be used as whitening catalysts to increase the rate of tetracycline decoloration.
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