title: Overview of a professional tooth-whitening system containing 6.5% hydrogen peroxide whitening strips.
abstract: Professionally dispensed, at-home tooth whitening began with 10% carbamide peroxide gels applied to the dentition with custom-made trays. In the 1990s, higher-concentration carbamide peroxide gels were introduced to achieve faster results. Today, 15% and 20% carbamide peroxide gels are commonly used. Recently, a new vital tooth-whitening technique that uses a flexible strip rather than a tray to apply a 5.3% hydrogen peroxide whitening gel was introduced. The new strip-based product was shown to provide whitening equivalent to a 10% carbamide peroxide tray with half the wear time. In addition, the strip eliminated the need to custom fabricate trays for each patient. This article provides an overview of a professionally distributed strip-based whitening system and reviews some of the clinical data which supports the efficacy of the product. This new whitening system includes 42 mandibular and 42 maxillary strips at a higher concentration of 6.5% hydrogen peroxide. In addition, the system also includes a novel dual-action whitening dentifrice to prevent future staining postbleaching and an extrasoft toothbrush. Clinically, the professionally distributed strip-based whitening system provided 96% more efficacy than a popular carbamide plus hydrogen peroxide (equivalent to 10% carbamide peroxide) tray system and 52% more whitening than the 5.3% hydrogen peroxide strip system.
authors.affiliation: Procter & Gamble Company, Mason, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sagel
authors.forename: Melissa E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jeffers
authors.forename: Roger D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Gibb
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gerlach
mesh_terms: D000077463:Carbamide Peroxide; D004338:Drug Combinations; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016877:Oxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010545:Peroxides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D014073:Tooth Bleaching / Q000379:methods*; D014508:Urea / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D016877:Oxidants; D010545:Peroxides; D000077463:Carbamide Peroxide; D014508:Urea; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide