Evaluation of human enamel permeability exposed to bleaching agents

Abstract

AIM: To evaluate the human enamel permeability after different external bleaching techniques. METHODS: The coronal portions of 20 maxillary human incisors were covered with an acid resistant varnish, except the labial surface, to prevent dye penetration of silver nitrate. The specimens were divided randomly into four groups (n=5) according to the bleaching treatments: Group 1 (G1) - without bleaching agent (control group), Group 2 (G2) - 35% hydrogen peroxide (HP) - one session of three 10-min applications, Group 3 (G3) - 35% HP - 2 sessions of three 10-min applications, and Group 4 (G4) - 6% HP - 14 days (1h/day). G1 was exposed to artificial saliva only and in the other groups the bleaching agents were applied following the manufacturers' recommendations. After bleaching, teeth were immersed in a 50% silver nitrate solution for 2 h and photodeveloped for 16 h. Then, three longitudinal slices of each tooth were photographed by an optical microscope (100x). The degree of dye penetration was analyzed in the middle third of the dental crowns using a 0 to 4 score system (0= no dye penetration, 1= less than half the enamel thickness, 2= half of the enamel thickness, 3= full extent of enamel without reaching the dentin, and 4= tracer agent reaching dentin). The data were analyzed statistically by the Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn tests (α=0.05). RESULTS: The median (1st/3rd interquartiles) ranges were: G1: 0(0/0), G2: 2(2/3), G3: 3(3/3) and G4: 3(3/3). G2, G3 and G4 showed significantly higher dye penetration compared with G1 (p=0.0017). CONCLUSIONS: The use of bleaching agents increased dental enamel permeability, regardless of the bleaching technique.

dental enamel; bleaching agents; permeability

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  19 July 2013
• Date of issue
  June 2013

History

• Received
  21 Mar 2013
• Accepted
  25 June 2013