abstract

• Because of the dissatisfaction that exists on the part of some patients in relation to the color or tone of their dental organs, commercial companies have designed and produced toothpaste formulations with the intention of obtaining a whiter teeth effect. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of whitening toothpastes on the hardness, roughness and surface of the adamantine tissue. Forty-eight healthy permanent incisors, extracted due to periodontal disease, were collected and analyzed and they were divided into six study groups: Group 1: No Brushing, Group 2: Control (No Toothpaste) and four Experimental (Colgate Triple Action, Colgate Luminous White, Crest and Crest 3D). Adamantine structure was analyzed with a micro hardness tester, roughness with atomic force microscopy and the surface with scanning electron microscopy. For the statistical analysis we used the software MINITAB version 19. Significant differences were identified in the increase in dental micro hardness, topographic changes in the adamantine surface and different polishing patterns produced by the use of the different toothpastes used. © 2021, Instituto de Investigaciones Clinicas. All rights reserved.

authors

• Gutiérrez Cantú Francisco Javier
• Mariel Cárdenas Jairo

publication date

• 2021-01-01

published in

• Investigacion Clinica (Venezuela)  Journal

keywords

• Dental bleaching; Dentifrice; Enamel amantadine; toothpaste; Article; atomic force microscopy; controlled study; enamel; hardness; human; human tissue; periodontal disease; scanning electron microscopy; topography

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.22209/IC.v62n1a06

PubMed ID

start page

• 63

end page

• 72

volume

• 62

issue

• 1