Nightguard bleaching to lighten a restored, nonvital discolored tooth

Compend Contin Educ Dent. 1998 Aug;19(8):810-3.

Abstract

Traditional techniques to lighten discolored endodontically treated teeth have used bleaching materials that had to be applied and directly monitored by dentists. These bleaching techniques have been associated with cervical resorption in nonvital teeth, and the treatment outcome is often difficult to predict. This article describes the use of nightguard bleaching to obtain an esthetic result for a restored nonvital tooth that had been treated with limited success with traditional office-based bleaching procedures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carbamide Peroxide
  • Composite Resins / chemistry
  • Dental Devices, Home Care*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Peroxides / therapeutic use
  • Retreatment
  • Tooth Bleaching / instrumentation
  • Tooth Bleaching / methods*
  • Tooth Discoloration / therapy
  • Tooth, Nonvital*
  • Urea / analogs & derivatives
  • Urea / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Composite Resins
  • Drug Combinations
  • Peroxides
  • Carbamide Peroxide
  • Urea