Abstract
Objective
Methods
Results
Figures and Tables
Figure 1
Bovine enamel blocks with bonded orthodontic brackets (red dot indicates the distogingival aspect) prepared for colorimetric evaluation of white spot lesions following external bleaching with or without fluoridation. The blue area describes the area covered with nail varnish. The brackets and nail varnish were absent at the time of spectroradiometer analysis and digital image acquisition. A, The green circle represents the area of measurement by the spectroradiometer. B, The green circles (P1, sound enamel area; P2, white spot lesion area) describe the areas of measurements by Photoshop after the acquisition of digital images.
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Table 1
Comparison of spectroradiometer-based color differences (ΔE*SR) between groups
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Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (range).
Groups: 1, control; 2, home bleaching; 3, home bleaching with fluoridation; 4, in-office bleaching; 5, in-office bleaching with fluoridation.
T1, Before white spot lesion formation; T2, after white spot lesion formation; T3, after completion of external tooth bleaching.
Analysis of variance and Tukey's post-hoc test (α = 0.05).
A,BDifferent letters indicate significant differences between mean values.
Table 2
Comparison of colorimetric values measured by a spectroradiometer (SR)
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Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
Groups: 1, control; 2, home bleaching; 3, home bleaching with fluoridation; 4, in-office bleaching; 5, in-office bleaching with fluoridation.
T1, Before white spot lesion formation; T2, after white spot lesion formation; T3, after completion of external tooth bleaching.
L*: lightness, white = 100, black = 0; a*: +a* = red, −a* = green; b*: +b* = yellow, −b* = blue.
Repeated-measures analysis of variance with Greenhouse–Geisser correction and Bonferroni correction (α = 0.05).
A,B,C,a,b,cDifferent letters indicate significant differences; upper case letters represent comparison between rows and lowercase letters represent comparisons between columns.
Table 3
Comparison of digital image-based color differences between enamel and white spot lesion areas (ΔE*DI)
![kjod-48-377-i003](/upload/SynapseData/ArticleImage/1123kjod/kjod-48-377-i003.jpg)
Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
Groups: 1, control; 2, home bleaching; 3, home bleaching with fluoridation; 4, in-office bleaching; 5, in-office bleaching with fluoridation.
T1, Before white spot lesion formation; T2, after white spot lesion formation; and T3, after completion of external tooth bleaching.
Repeated-measures analysis of variance with Greenhouse–Geisser correction and Bonferroni correction (α = 0.05).
A,B,C,a,bDifferent letters indicate significant differences; upper case letters represent comparisons between rows and lowercase letters represent comparisons between columns.
Notes
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