Abstract

OVERVIEW OF IN-OFFICE BLEACHING OF VITAL TEETH

Jaya Gandhi, Anjali Chauhan, Himanshu Sharma, Himanshu Thukral*, Anuv Hrishi Phukan, Dhruv Gupta and Swapnil Singh

ABSTRACT

The importance of tooth whitening for patients has shown a dramatic increase in the number of products and procedures over recent years. Vital tooth bleaching refers to chair-side clinical application of a chemical solution to a tooth surface in order to achieve whitening effect of the teeth. Vital bleaching have found to be very effective but they also have their the drawbacks. The current article gives knowledge of vital tooth whitening with respect to external bleaching methods. The external bleaching of vital teeth focuses on patient selection, mechanisms, bleaching procedure and various in-office bleaching systems and techniques and their disadvantages.

Keywords: Halogen light, Plasma arc light, Laser bleaching, Chemical Bleaching.