Effects of domestic tooth whitening: literature review/ Efeitos do clareamento dental doméstico: revisão de literatura

• Autor(a) principal: Umeda, Jéssica Mirella
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Genaro, Luis Eduardo, Fazanaro, Maria Carolina Stoco, Manzoli, Tatiane Miranda, Dantas, Andréa Abi Rached
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Veras
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BRJD/article/view/32620
• topic: Tooth whitening; Hydrogen peroxide; Carbamide peroxide.

Objectives: The scope is tooth whitening at home, the study focuses on the effectiveness of whitening and treatment effects.Material and Method: A search was carried out in the Medline, PubMed, Lilacs and Scielo databases, between the years 2000 to 2019. The keywords used in the databases were as follows: Tooth whitening, hydrogen peroxide, carbamide peroxide, whitening products , tooth, at home, whitening, effects, efficacy, whitening.Results: Of the 23 studies included in this review, 6 studies evaluated the effectiveness of tooth whitening, 4 studies evaluated the effect of whitening on tooth structure, 1 study evaluated the association of whitening treatment with dentifrice, 3 studies evaluated on cytotoxicity / toxicity, 3 studies evaluated the effect of whitening on dental materials, 2 studies assessed the social impact of tooth whitening, 3 studies assessed sensitivity during treatment and 1 study assessed the effect of bleaching gel storage.Conclusion: In order to try to minimize adverse effects that may arise such as sensitivity, cytotoxicity and gingival irritation, use with the minimum exposure time of the product is indicated; the home whitening technique shows less chance of recurrence after treatment.