Painful sensitivity and effectiveness determined by dental bleaching in- office

Several aspects of in-office dental bleaching remain controversial. In this study, we studied the painful sensitivity and effectiveness determined using different bleaching techniques. The study included 60 volunteers of both genres, with ages ranging from 18 to 25 years who were randomly divided into 3 groups. GI: hydrogen peroxide 35% without activation by light, GII: the same peroxide-activated device LED / Laser and GIII: 15% whitening gel containing nanoparticles of titanium oxide nitrogen activated by coupled light LED / Laser. The sensitivity of the patients during the bleaching treatments was evaluated using a modified VAS scale. The color change determined by the protocols of bleaching was measured by reflectance spectroscopy (Vita Easy Shade ®, Seer, Brea, CA, USA). The values of ΔL (brightness), ΔE (color variation) and sensitivity caused by the treatments (S) were analyzed by the method of generalized estimating equations (GEE), multiple comparisons with Bonferroni ad hoc 5% significance. In study 1, conducted to evaluate the efficacy of use of coupled light LED/Laser, GI volunteers reported a higher frequency and intensity of sensitivity caused by bleaching treatment (37.6 ± 5.9% for GI against 11.1 ± 3.3% of GII). The Bleaching was more efficient in GII than GI (p> 0.05). In study 2, the use of gel co 15% H2O2 containing TiO_N resulted in a lower frequency and intensity of sensitivity caused in GI (37.6 ± 6.1% for GI vs. 11.9 ± 5.0% of GII) and greater efficiency of bleaching (p> 0.05). It was concluded that the method of catalyzing photothermo reaction with coupled light LED/Laser used in conjunction with bleaching agent type homogenous advanced oxidation process (POAHo) allows both the reduction of sensitivity caused as time of treatment and the agent of lower concentration reduces sensitivity, increasing safety of tooth whitening, with the same efficiency as the traditional agent