Open AccessEffects of Different Over – the - Counter Whitening Products on the Microhardness, Surface Roughness, Color and Shear Bond Strength of Enamel
Author(s) -
Esra Yıldırım,
Uzay Koç Vural,
Filiz Yalçın Çakır,
Sevil Gürgan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta stomatologica croatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1846-0410
pISSN - 0001-7019
DOI - 10.15644/asc56/2/3
Subject(s) - enamel paint , opalescence , tooth whitening , materials science , indentation hardness , surface roughness , adhesive , composite material , dentistry , universal testing machine , microstructure , medicine , ultimate tensile strength , layer (electronics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effects of four over-the-counter (OTC) whitening products on the microhardness, surface roughness, color, shear bond strength (SBS) and surface charecteristics of human enamel compared with a product used for dentist-supervised home whitening.