Bleaching and microabrasion - a simple procedure for restoring aesthetics of discoloured teeth.

Dr. Radhika Lekhi; Dr Kunwarjeet Singh; Dr Shambhavi Shukla

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Bleaching and microabrasion - a simple procedure for restoring aesthetics of discoloured teeth.

Dr. Radhika Lekhi, Dr Kunwarjeet Singh, Dr Shambhavi Shukla

Abstract :

Bleaching, laminate veneers and all ceramic crowns are commonly used for esthetic rehabilitation of discoloured teeth. When discoloured teeth have sound intact tooth surface, all ceramic crowns or PFM crowns are least preferred as these restorations requires extensive tooth preparation as compare to laminate veneers and bleaching procedures. The direct and indirect laminate veneers although conservative restorations as compare to full veneer crowns, but still it requires some tooth preparation. bleaching does not requires any tooth preparation. It requires the application of bleaching agent for specific period of time to remove the stains but some times all the discoloration is not removed by bleaching which requires selective grinding of the stained area followed by polishing of grinded surface.