Effect of bleaching agents on enamel demineralization and elastic modulus of bovine dentin organic matrix

Author(s)

Sandrine Bittencourt Berger

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba
• Defense date: 2010-09-08

Examining board members

Marcelo Giannini; Andre Luiz Fraga Briso; Murilo Baena Lopes; Alessandra Bühler Borges; Mário Alexandre Coelho Sinhoreti

• Advisor: Marcelo Giannini

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of bleaching agents containing calcium or amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) on the elastic modulus of demineralized bovine dentin and demineralization in sound enamel or early artificial caries lesion. Chapter 1: This study evaluated the effect of tooth whitening agents on the elastic modulus (EM) of bovine dentin organic matrix. Eighty?five slices were obtained from bovine teeth and divided into five groups: unbleached control group (CG), 4% hydrogen peroxide (4HP), 4HP+0.05% Ca (4HP/Ca), 7.5% HP (7.5HP) and 10% carbamide peroxide (10CP). The 4HP, 4HP/Ca and 10CP groups were treated with the whitening agents for 8 hours/day during 14 days, while the samples of 7.5HP group were exposed to peroxides for 30 minutes twice a day during 14 days. The enamel of the samples was removed and 17 dentin specimens (0.5 x 1.7 x 7.0 mm) were prepared per group. The specimens were demineralized in 10% phosphoric acid solution for 5 hours and E was assessed using a micro-flexural three-point bend method at 24 hours, 7 and 14 days post-bleaching. The mean values of EM for each group were statistically analyzed using ANOVA and Fisher's test (p<0.05). Bleached specimens tested after 24 hours and 7 days showed lower EM than CG. The bleached groups were similar to CG after 14 days, except for the 7.5HP group. The use of peroxides can promoted decrease of EM of bovine dentin organic matrix. Whitening agents can significantly affect of the dentin organic matrix and irreversible damage is observed for selected agents. Chapter 2: The purpose of this study was evaluated to effect of experimental and one commercial bleaching agents on the sound enamel (SE) and with early artificial caries lesions (CL) enamel using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Eighty blocks (4 mm thickness x 5 wide x 5 length) of bovine enamel were used and half of them were demineralized with a pH cycling to induce artificial caries lesions. Eight experimental groups were investigated following the bleaching treatments or not and SE or CL (n=10): SE groups: G1 - unbleached (control); G2 - 4% hydrogen peroxide (4HP); G3 - 4HP containing 0.05% Ca (Ca); G4 - 7.5% hydrogen peroxide (7.5HP) containing amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP). CL groups: G5 - unbleached; G6 - 4HP; G7 ? 4HP containing Ca; G8 ? 7.5HP containing ACP. The G2, G3, G6, G7 groups were treated with the bleaching agents for 8 hours/day during 14 days, while the samples of G4 and G8 groups were exposed to bleaching agent for 30 minutes twice a day during 14 days. The enamel blocks were stained with rhodamine solution and the quantification of fluorescence demineralization areas of the samples were evaluated using a CLSM. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and Fisher's tests (p<0.05). For the SE, the bleaching treatments significantly increased the demineralization area when compared to unbleached group, however, in CL no statistically significant difference was observed among the groups. The addition of ACP or Ca in the composition of the whitening products did not result in the decreasing of the enamel demineralization promoted by bleaching treatments (AU)