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Staining Power of Natural and Artificial Dyes after At-home Dental Bleaching
Márcia Rezende1, Aline C Kapuchczinski2, Laína Vochikovski3
1School of Dentistry, Paulo Picanço School of Dentistry, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, Phone: 85 3272-3222,
Introduction:
Bleached enamel surfaces may undergo changes and retain more dye, which is a reason to recommend the reduction/suspension of foods with dyes during dental bleaching.
Aim:
Evaluate the effects of the action of natural and artificial dyes on the bleached enamel of extracted human teeth.
Materials And Methods:
Fifty human premolars were used, which were distributed in 5 groups (n = 10) according to the following staining solutions: GW (distilled water); GB (beet); Gca (caramel); GC (carmine); and GR (red 40). After the removal of the root and pulp section, the teeth were embedded in acrylic resin blocks, stored in artificial saliva, and kept at 37°C. At-home bleaching was performed using 16% carbamide peroxide (CP) for 3 hours daily for 3 weeks. After each daily session of bleaching, the specimens were exposed to the dye solution twice a day for 5 min; one of these exposures was performed immediately after bleaching. The color was recorded using a spectrophotometer according to the CIE Lab system (Δ E) for the following periods: baseline, during bleaching (after 1st, 2nd, and 3rd week) and post-bleaching (after 1 week and 1 month). The color was evaluated by two-way analysis of variance and Tukey's test (α=0.05).
Results:
There was effective dental bleaching for all groups: GW (18.5 ± 6.1), GB (19.9 ± 4.4), Gca (18.9 ± 6.1), GC (20.2 ± 4.6), and GR (19.3 ± 4.2), p <0.01. No color rebound was observed after 1 week and 1 month (p >0.05).
Conclusion:
The exposure to beet, carmine, caramel, and red 40 dyes did not interfere with the effectiveness of dental bleaching using 16% CP.
Clinical Significance:
Dyes consumption during bleaching did not affect the effectiveness of dental bleaching.
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