title: Efficacy of vital home bleaching.
abstract: The nightguard vital bleaching technique has become a very common and accepted procedure for many dental practitioners. Much has been written about the procedure's history, safety and technique; little has been done to quantify the specific color changes of teeth resulting it. This clinical study attempted to give a numerical value to the color change through the use of a light transmission densitometer. The maxillary teeth of twenty-five patients were treated as the control. A significant whitening was observed for a majority of the patients during the four-week duration of the study.
authors.affiliation: UOP School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA 94115.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Woodson
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Eilers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000077463:Carbamide Peroxide; D003742:Dental Devices, Home Care; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010545:Peroxides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014073:Tooth Bleaching / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014508:Urea / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D005782:Gels; D010545:Peroxides; D000077463:Carbamide Peroxide; D014508:Urea