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TOOTH WHITENING IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Author(s) -
Donly Kevin J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.919
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1708-8240
pISSN - 1496-4155
DOI - 10.1111/j.1708-8240.2005.tb00474.x
Subject(s) - tooth whitening , dentistry , medicine , tooth discoloration , clinical trial , pathology
The popularity of vital tooth whitening has increased significantly over the past two decades. Professionally supervised “in‐office” and “at‐home” tooth whitening methods have been documented in the literature with evidence of safety and effectiveness. Although the literature includes considerable information about vital tooth whitening in adults, minimal information is available concerning vital tooth whitening in children and adolescents. The need to provide vital tooth whitening for children might be infrequent owing to the natural whiteness of children's teeth. However, there are circumstances when tooth whitening can be desirable for children, such as fluorosis discoloration, generalized tooth darkening, post‐traumatic injury discoloration, and postorthodontic tooth discoloration. Few well‐controlled clinical trials evaluating the safety and effectiveness of vital tooth whitening in children are available in the literature, Furthermore, these published clinical trials were carried out by the same principal investigator. This review examines these trials and offers recommendations accordingly.