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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul-Sep;19(3):211-214.
doi: 10.4103/aam.aam_52_19.

Conservative esthetic management of severe dental fluorosis with in-office power bleaching

Ambar W Raut  1 , Vijay Mantri  2 , Priyanka V Gedam  1 , Pooja P Phabyani  1
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Conservative esthetic management of severe dental fluorosis with in-office power bleaching

Ambar W Raut et al. Ann Afr Med. 2020 Jul-Sep.

Abstract
in English, French

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 that involves clinical application and activation of the bleaching agent with light to accelerate the bleaching process. This case report describes the esthetic correction of severe dental fluorosis by power bleaching, without any need for invasive treatment. This report suggests that in-office power bleaching is an effective and conservative method for esthetic correction of tooth discoloration in severe dental fluorosis.

Résumé La fluorose est une maladie endémique, qui prévaut dans environ 25 pays dans le monde. La fluorose dentaire est un défaut acquis des l'émail dû à l'exposition d'un individu à des niveaux excessifs de fluor pendant de développement des dents. Cela pourrait aboutir à une décoloration légère à sévère des dents, qui nécessite une correction esthétique. Le blanchiment est l'une des modalités de traitement courantes utilisées dans la correction esthétique de ces cas. “In-office power” le blanchiment est l'une des techniques de blanchiment des dents qui implique l'application clinique et l'activation de l'agent de blanchiment avec de la lumière pour accélérer le processus de blanchiment. Ce rapport de cas décrit la correction esthétique de la fluorose dentaire sévère par blanchiment “power”, sans aucun besoin pour d'un traitement invasif. Ce rapport suggère que le blanchiment “In-office power” est une méthode efficace et conservatrice pour la correction esthétique de la décoloration dentaire dans la fluorose dentaire sévère.

Keywords: Esthetics; bleaching; dental fluorosis; tooth discoloration.

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Figure 1
Preoperative photograph showing severe fluorosis
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Post-bleaching photograph after the first bleaching session
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Post-bleaching photograph after the second bleaching session
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