Introduction to Tooth Whitening

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Date Name Material used Discoloration 1799 Macintosh (Dwinelle 1850) Invented chloride of lime (called bleaching powder)   1848 Dwinelle (1850) Chloride of lime Nonvital teeth 1860 Truman (1889) Chloride and…

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Human Pulpal Responses to Peroxides

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Fig. 5.1 Patient subjected to a professional in-office tooth bleaching therapy, which can be esthetically regarded as a success. However, the patient reported postbleaching sensitivity in the anterior teeth (Images…

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Resin Infiltration After Enamel Etching

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Fig. 10.1 Schematic illustration of the origin of the whitish opaque appearance of initial caries and developmental defects. (a) Sound enamel is relatively translucent for visible light. Light beams (arrows)…

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Tooth Whitening: How Does It Work

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This type of cleavage is favored by light and heat and forms free radicals. Heterolytic cleavage, which is a deprotonation reaction leaving an electron pair: This deprotonation occurs at increased…

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Overall Safety of Peroxides

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Jorge Perdigão (ed.)Tooth Whitening10.1007/978-3-319-38849-6_3 3. Overall Safety of Peroxides Yiming Li1, 2   (1) Center for Dental Research, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, 11175 Campus Street, Loma Linda, CA 92350,…

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Atlas of Salivary Gland Surgery

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15 Atlas of Salivary Gland Surgery SNEHAL G. PATEL Surgical resection is the most commonly employed treatment modality for tumors of the salivary glands. Safe and effective surgery of the…

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Pediatric Salivary Gland Disease

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8 Pediatric Salivary Gland Disease RICHARD J. SCHMIDT, STEVEN P. COOK AND JAMES S. REILLY The spectrum of diseases of salivary gland origin in children is both different and perhaps…

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Facial Paralysis Rehabilitation

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16 Facial Paralysis Rehabilitation ARA A. CHALIAN AND SARAH H. KAGAN Patients with facial paralysis suffer significant functional, aesthetic, and psychosocial sequelae. Even single branch weakness or paralysis may leave…

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Sialadenitis

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5 Sialadenitis KELLY M. MALLOY, DAVID ROSEN AND MARC R. ROSEN Sialadenitis refers to the various inflammatory conditions affecting the salivary glands. It has been recognized as a disease entity…

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Imaging of the Salivary Glands

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2 Imaging of the Salivary Glands LAURIE A. LOEVNER AND MADHAVI L. BATTINENI The imaging algorithm for assessing the salivary glands depends on the clinical scenario with which the patient…

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Salivary Gland Anatomy

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1 Salivary Gland Anatomy MICHAEL B. RHO AND DANIEL G. DESCHLER The salivary gland system of the upper aerodigestive tract plays a critical role in the functions of digestion, respiration,…

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