Conservative esthetic management of severe dental fluorosis with in-office power bleaching.
July-September 2020
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Annals of African Medicine
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Ambar W Raut, Vijay Mantri, Priyanka V Gedam, Pooja P Phabyani.
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19(3):211-214.
Abstract
Fluorosis is an endemic disease, prevailing in about 25 countries globally. Dental fluorosis is an acquired defect of enamel due to the exposure of an individual to excessive fluoride levels during tooth development. It could result in mild-to-severe discoloration of teeth, which might necessitate esthetic correction. Bleaching is one of the common treatment modalities used in the esthetic correction of such cases. In-office power bleaching is one of the techniques of tooth bleaching t