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Published in: Clinical Oral Investigations 5/2019

01-05-2019 | Original Article

Influence of different thickeners in at-home tooth bleaching: a randomized clinical trial study

Authors: Juliana do Carmo Públio, Marília Zeczkowski, Jonny Burga-Sánchez, Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano, Franscico Carlos Groppo, Flávio Henrique Baggio Aguiar, Débora Alves Nunes Leite Lima

Published in: Clinical Oral Investigations | Issue 5/2019

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Abstract

Objectives

To evaluate the effects of 10% carbamide peroxide (CP) with two different thickeners, carbopol (CPc) and natrosol (CPn), on color variation (CV), tooth sensitivity (TS), and cytotoxicity (CC).

Methods

Seventy subjects were distributed into the CPc or CPn groups (n = 35), in a parallel group, randomized, controlled, single-blind clinical trial. Bleaching gels were used by volunteers for 4 h daily for 2 weeks. Color evaluation was performed using a reflectance spectrophotometer, before bleaching treatment (BT), immediately after the first and second weeks of BT, and 1 week and 1 month after BT ended. TS was evaluated using two pain scales, before, during, and after BT. CC was evaluated using MTT after exposure of MDPC-23 cells to the bleaching gels for 4 h. Epoxy replicas of the subjects teeth were made before and after BT and analyzed using a scanning electronic microscope. The data was analyzed using statistical methods.

Results

CV and TS showed similar variation between both bleaching gels (p ≤ 0.05). None of the protocols affected cellular metabolism or the surface morphology of enamel.

Conclusions

Bleaching gels with carbopol and natrosol as thickening agents produced similarly effective tooth bleaching and TS, but did not cause cytotoxicity.

Clinical relevance

Natrosol could be an alternative as a thickener used in bleaching gels due to its similar bleaching effect and TS when compared with Carbopol.
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Metadata
Title
Influence of different thickeners in at-home tooth bleaching: a randomized clinical trial study
Authors
Juliana do Carmo Públio
Marília Zeczkowski
Jonny Burga-Sánchez
Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano
Franscico Carlos Groppo
Flávio Henrique Baggio Aguiar
Débora Alves Nunes Leite Lima
Publication date
01-05-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Oral Investigations / Issue 5/2019
Print ISSN: 1432-6981
Electronic ISSN: 1436-3771
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-018-2613-9

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