EFFECT OF 10% CARBAMIDE PEROXIDE ON DENTIN

Seo, Sang-Woo; Kown, Yong-Hoon; Kim, Hyun-Jung; Nam, Soon-Hyeun; Kim, Kyo-Han; Kim, Young-Jin

Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 2003;30(3):423-430.
Published online August 31, 2003.

EFFECT OF 10% CARBAMIDE PEROXIDE ON DENTIN

Sang-Woo Seo¹, Yong-Hoon Kown², Hyun-Jung Kim¹, Soon-Hyeun Nam¹, Kyo-Han Kim², Young-Jin Kim¹

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Abstract

The teeth bleaching with bleaching agent is widely used at recent times. Until yet the exact mechanism of the bleaching agent isn't known but it is thought that is by the complex reduction-oxidation reaction of the decomposed free radical from bleaching agent through various ways. In other words, it is supposed that the teeth are whitened by agent's changing chemical structures of stain-causing materials. The purpose of this study is to exam the change of the dentinal character by bleaching agent and to evaluate the safety of this agent. For this study, after applying 10% carbamide peroxide to enamel of human premolar for 6 hours a day for 2 weeks we examined changes of surface morphology, microhardness, composition and contents of minirals in human dentin using SEM, microhardness tester, FT-Raman spectrometer and EPMA and got following results. There was no significant difference in surface morphologic change when we examined the effect of 10% carbamide peroxide which penetrated into dentin after applied on enamel surface comparing with result from specimen in distilled water No change was shown on the surface of peritubular and intertubular dentin within the nanometeric range. The microhardness between bleached teeth and teeth stored in distilled water showed no statistically significant difference FT-Raman spectra of dentin exhibited no change of the component in human dentin. Only the least change in peaks of organic and inorganic materials were detected in Raman intencity. The total content of mineral elements in dentin with no treatment, stored only in distilled water and stored in distilled water after bleaching were 98.73±1.89,98.56±2.11 and 97.47±2.51 respectively. Also they showed no statistically significant difference. From above results, the effect of 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching on structure of dentin is very low and the results may confirm the safety of this bleaching agent.

Key Words: Bleaching, 10% carbamide peroxide, Dentin, FT-Raman spectrometer, Microhardness