Course discusses mechanisms that influence efficacy and tolerability of whitening products including concentration, dose and contact time as well as strengths and limitations of different whitening delivery systems.
Learning Outcomes
✓Articulate the various factors associated with the appearance of color of teeth
✓Explain the different origins of tooth stains
✓Differentiate between extrinsic and intrinsic colored tooth stains
✓Explain approaches to tooth whitening
✓Describe different types of oxidative tooth whiteners and how they work, including how peroxide oxidizes stains
✓Describe why peroxides are safe for use in patients including toxicology, soft tissue safety, and hard tissue safety
✓Describe the origins of dental hypersensitivity associated with oxidative whitening
✓Describe and critically assess different delivery vehicles for whiteners
✓Understand approaches in clinical testing and various indices to measure tooth whitening
✓Describe three of the newest introductions in oxidative whitening available to patients
Course Curriculum
1.Overview
2.Learning Objectives
3.Glossary of terms
4.Introduction
5.The Basics: How we see color
6.Factors Influencing the Appearance of Teeth
7.Natural Color of Teeth – The Shade of a Clean Tooth
8.Chromogens On and In Teeth – Definitions and Origins
9.Variations in Observed Tooth Discoloration in Aging Patients
10.Tooth Whitening – Approaches
11.Removal of Extrinsic Stains
12.Decolorization of Stains: Mechanisms of Oxidative Tooth Whitening
13.Design Principles for Oxidative Tooth Whitening – Factors Affecting Efficacy
14.Ingredients used in Oxidative Whitening
15.Concentration of Ingredients Used in Oxidative Whitening
16.Dose of Ingredients Used in Tooth Whitening
17.Duration of Treatment – Retention of Ingredient
18.Design Principles for Oxidative Tooth Whitening: The Addition of Light
19.Design Principles for Oxidative Tooth Whitening – Delivery Vehicles – Types of Products
