A clinical evaluation of safety of an office bleaching gel containing 30% hydrogen peroxide

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Restor Dent Endod. 2010;35(3):198-210

Publication date (electronic) : 2010 May 31

doi : https://doi.org/10.5395/JKACD.2010.35.3.198

Sin-Young Kim ¹, Je-Uk Park ², Chang-Hyen Kim ², Sung-Eun Yang ¹

¹Department of Conservative Dentistry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Korea.

²Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Korea.

Correspondence to: Sung-Eun. Yang Department of Conservative Dentistry Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea 505, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-044, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2258-6296, Fax: 82-2-537-2374, dentyeun@catholic.ac.kr

Received 2010 April 21; Revised 2010 April 26; Accepted 2010 April 29.

Abstract

This study evaluated the safety of an office bleaching gel (RemeWhite, Remedent Inc., Deurle, Belgium) containing 30% hydrogen peroxide. 37 volunteers were recieved office bleaching with the RemeWhite for 3 times at one visit, total 2 visits. As control group, the same gel in which hydrogen peroxide was not included was applied to 34 volunteers with the same protocol.

There was no difference between experimental group and control group using electric pulp test. In the result of gingival inflammation index and tooth sensitivity test, there was mild pain response in experimental group but it disappeared as time went by. Therefore, safety of the office bleaching gel containing 30% hydrogen peroxide was confirmed.

Keywords: Office bleaching gel; Safety; Hydrogen peroxide; Clinical study

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