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Effect of Different Concentrations of Home Bleaching on Composites Hardness

Objective: To evaluate the effect of different concentrations of home bleaching agents; Opalescence Now 10% carbamide peroxide (Ultradent Products, USA) and Perfect Bleach 17% carbamide peroxide (Voco, Germany) on the surface hardness of two microhybrid resin composites; Filtek Z250 (3M ESPE, USA) and Point 4 (Kerr, USA). Methods: Thirty specimens were prepared using acrylic moulds (4mm diameter x 2mm thick) with 15 specimens for each material (n=5 controls; placed in distilled water for 14 days, n=5 were treated with Opalescence Now 10% carbamide peroxide and n=5 were treated with Perfect Bleach 17% carbamide peroxide). All specimens were stored in distilled water for 24 hours at 37°C in the incubator before bleaching. Bleaching procedure was carried out for 2 hours everyday for 14 days. Vickers hardness tester FV-7 (Future Tech Corp, Japan) was used to test the surface hardness after 14 days bleaching. The data were statistically analyzed with Mann-Whitney test (P<0.05). Results: All tested materials showed no significant changes in Vickers surface hardness after 14 days bleaching with 10% and 17% carbamide peroxide when compared with the control group. Conclusions: Fourteen days bleaching using 10% and 17% carbamide peroxide did not have different effect on the surface hardness of Point 4 and Filtek Z250.


Division: Southeast Asian Division Meeting
Meeting: 2007 Southeast Asian Division Meeting (Bali, Indonesia)
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Year: 2007
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Abstract Category|Abstract Category(s): Scientific Groups
Authors
  • Mohamad Taib, Farahiyah  ( Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, N/A, Malaysia )
  • Ab Ghani, Zuryati  ( Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, N/A, Malaysia )
  • Mohamad, Dasmawati  ( Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, N/A, Malaysia )
  • SESSION INFORMATION
    Oral Session
    Dental Materials: VI - Polymer Materials-Mechanical Properties and Degradation