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Clinical evaluation of a new bleaching product “Polanight” in a Japanese population

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Home bleaching techniques have been applied as a safe and effective bleaching procedure. Many manufacturers are now marketing home tooth-bleaching products. The purpose of this study was to compare a new bleaching product, Polanight (PN) with a widely used home bleaching product, Opalescence (OP). Fifty-eight healthy Japanese volunteers of both sexes (18 to 47 years of age) were selected. Using a simultaneous split-mouth protocol, custom-made trays with PN and OP were applied to the maxillary right anterior teeth and left anterior teeth, respectively. The shades of the maxillary canine teeth were measured with a portable chromameter (Shade Eye Ex) at the first examination and at 4 weeks (after 2-week bleaching and 2-week rest). Tooth shade changes were analyzed usingthe Commission Internationale d’Eclairage (CIE) Lab units. Means of whiteness-blackness difference (ΔL*), redness-greenness difference (Δa*), andyellowness-blueness difference (Δb*) were 4.00, −1.28 and −7.53 for PN, and 2.54, −0.99, and −5.56 for OP, respectively. Means ofcolor difference (ΔE*) were 9.23 and 7.78 for PN and OP, respectively. Treatment with either agent demonstrated significant bleaching effects produced by the treatment. The new product, PN, showed significant differences in ΔL* (P < 0.05) and Δb* (P < 0.005), but not in theredness-greenness (a*) value when compared with OP. Bleaching with PN was considered more effective than that with OP in the young patient group and in the women.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, 1-8 Hamaura-cho, Niigata, 951-8580, Japan

    Shuichi Tsubura

  2. Department of Operative Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Niigata, Japan

    Ryuji Yamaguchi

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Tsubura, S., Yamaguchi, R. Clinical evaluation of a new bleaching product “Polanight” in a Japanese population. Odontology 93, 52–55 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10266-005-0047-8

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