Dental Biofilms in Health and Disease
Fig. 5.1 Metabolic fate of sucrose. Sucrose can be metabolised to acids; energy is also generated during glycolysis which is needed for bacterial growth. Sucrose can also be converted to…
Brushing, Toothpastes, Salivation, and Remineralization
Fig. 16.1 Toothpaste ingredients. Toothpastes contain a number of ingredients that stabilize the product and/or provide esthetic benefits, in addition to the ingredients that provide therapeutic or cosmetic benefits (Adapted…
Cervical Regeneration
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Michel Goldberg (ed.)Understanding Dental Caries10.1007/978-3-319-30552-3_14 14. Cervical Regeneration Michel Goldberg1 (1) University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne, Paris Cité and INSERM UMR-S1124, 45 rue des Saints Pères, Cedex 06, 75270 Paris, France…
Understanding Dental Caries – from Pathogenesis to Prevention and Therapy
Fig. 1.1 Interrelationships and definitions of ICDAS and ICCMS and GCCM The best evidence for deciding which treatment is appropriate and when has been assembled by a group of 75…
Restorative Options for Discolored Teeth
Fig. 15.1 (a) Nonretracted frontal view of patient’s anterior teeth. (b) Retracted view showing enamel fluorosis in all teeth. (c) Close-up view of maxillary incisors. (d) Lateral close-up view of…
At-Home Tooth Whitening
Fig. 6.1 Retracted view of a 28-year-old patient who bleached his maxillary teeth with 10 % carbamide peroxide gel (Opalescence 10 %, Ultradent Products, Inc.) in a custom-fitted tray overnight for 3…
At-Home Tray Whitening and Resin Infiltration After Acid Etching with HCl
Fig. 13.1 Preoperative view of the patient’s maxillary anterior teeth. An A2 Vita Classical A1-D4 shade tab (VITA Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG) is shown as reference Fig….
At-Home Tray Whitening and Direct Resin-Based Composite Restorations
Fig. 14.1 (a) Preoperative view of the patient’s smile. (b) Preoperative view of the patient’s maxillary anterior teeth. Note the reduced length of the anterior teeth Fig. 14.2 Aspect of…
Internal Whitening and At-Home Tray Whitening
Fig. 11.1 Preoperative view of patient’s smile showing severe discoloration of the maxillary right canine (tooth #6, FDI 1.3) and generalized discoloration of the remaining dentition (A3, Vita Classical shade…
In-Office Whitening
Fig. 7.1 The effect of rubber dam on lightness can be observed in these three photographs. (a) Patient’s smile before rubber dam isolation. (b) The rubber dam was placed in…
Complications from the Use of Peroxides
Fig. 4.1 Traditional tray showing (a) the evident possibility of direct contact of the bleaching gel (arrow) with soft tissue and (b) the scalloped tray, 0.5 mm short of the…
Intracoronal Whitening of Endodontically Treated Teeth
Fig. 8.1 Causes of intrinsic stains 8.2.1 Systemic Causes of Posteruptive Intrinsic Stains The developing dentition can be affected by a number of systemic factors, including metabolic and genetic diseases…
Introduction to Tooth Whitening
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…
At-Home Tray Whitening and Enamel Microabrasion
Fig. 12.1 (a, b) Pre-operative view of the discolored maxillary central incisors displaying brown stains caused by fluorosis The patient agreed with the treatment plan. After preliminary impressions and fabrication…
Human Pulpal Responses to Peroxides
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…
Resin Infiltration After Enamel Etching
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)…
Tooth Whitening: How Does It Work
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…
Overall Safety of Peroxides
© 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,…
Atlas of Salivary Gland Surgery
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…
