Patients with dry mouth caused by medication taken can safely use 10% hydrogen peroxide whitening strips, the researchers report online in the journal Gerontology.
Reduce the production of saliva is thought that the poor candidate for whitening teeth, said Dr. S. Athena Papi in an e-mail to Reuters Health.
Dr. Papas, Tufts University in Boston, and colleagues conducted a randomized trial in 42 adults for the drugs that cause dry mouth - also known xerogenic drugs. In this study, the drugs were mainly as drugs to treat hypertension and depression.
For two weeks, people in the study required is 10% hydrogen peroxide whitening strips or bands of placebo - inactive stripes - for 30 minutes twice a day. Forty people who completed the study. "In this study, all subjects in the strips is measured objectively peroxide bleaching of teeth (and a greater reduction in yellow light), and the extent of bleaching increased with continued use of whitening strips," said Dr. Papas . "As expected, the bandwidth of response to placebo (without peroxide) was flat. Both treatments were well tolerated. The most common adverse events were oral irritation and tooth sensitivity. None withdrew because of side effects related products.
"Teeth whitening is one of the most common cosmetic procedures, and for most people, the first step in aesthetic dentistry," said Dr. Pope. However, some elderly people have heard that the dryness of the mouth makes them good candidates for bleaching teeth.
Reduce the production of saliva is thought that the poor candidate for whitening teeth, said Dr. S. Athena Papi in an e-mail to Reuters Health.
Dr. Papas, Tufts University in Boston, and colleagues conducted a randomized trial in 42 adults for the drugs that cause dry mouth - also known xerogenic drugs. In this study, the drugs were mainly as drugs to treat hypertension and depression.
For two weeks, people in the study required is 10% hydrogen peroxide whitening strips or bands of placebo - inactive stripes - for 30 minutes twice a day. Forty people who completed the study. "In this study, all subjects in the strips is measured objectively peroxide bleaching of teeth (and a greater reduction in yellow light), and the extent of bleaching increased with continued use of whitening strips," said Dr. Papas . "As expected, the bandwidth of response to placebo (without peroxide) was flat. Both treatments were well tolerated. The most common adverse events were oral irritation and tooth sensitivity. None withdrew because of side effects related products.
"Teeth whitening is one of the most common cosmetic procedures, and for most people, the first step in aesthetic dentistry," said Dr. Pope. However, some elderly people have heard that the dryness of the mouth makes them good candidates for bleaching teeth.
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