{"id":354887,"date":"2022-01-25T23:04:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T02:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/?p=354887"},"modified":"2023-09-27T14:52:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:52:31","slug":"overcoming-challenges-in-teeth-whitening-tetracycline-staining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/blog\/posts\/overcoming-challenges-in-teeth-whitening-tetracycline-staining\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming challenges in teeth whitening: tetracycline staining."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overcoming challenges in teeth whitening: tetracycline staining.<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Author: Dr. Isabel Giraldez<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patient<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>63-year-old female patient.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complaint<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Patient wanted to whiten her teeth without having to resort to veneers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Radipgraphic exam<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Teeth showing a grade 2 tetracycline with brown and yellow bands. The most saturated shade of the bands corresponded to the 3R 2.5 of the VITA 3D MASTER shade guide<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Due to the etiology of the staining, we opted for supervised at-home whitening with the use of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/whitening-products\/whiteness-perfect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">16% carbamide peroxide (Whiteness Perfect)<\/a>\u00a0in custom trays for 3 to 4 hours per day for 2 months. The photographs show that in one month of treatment the shade of 2L 1.5 was reached with much lighter bands. At 2 months, the result was a shade corresponding to 0M 2 and the bands became practically unnoticeable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"1 Min\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/system\/refinery\/images\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDEvMjUvMTEvNDAvMDIvMThmNTE0MzYtZWJiYi00YWE3LTk2ZDctYWQ2MWNmNTdlNDA5LzEtbWluLkpQRyJdXQ\/1-min.JPG\" alt=\"1 Min\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fig. 1: Initial smile.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"2 Min\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/system\/refinery\/images\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDEvMjUvMTEvNDEvNTcvOTM1NzZlZjctYzZhYi00Y2NkLTk3NjYtNDk4ODQ4M2Y2YjhjLzItbWluLkpQRyJdXQ\/2-min.JPG\" alt=\"2 Min\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fig. 2: Initial intraoral appearance.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"3 Min\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/system\/refinery\/images\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDEvMjUvMTEvNDMvMDQvOWIyNjAxZDYtMTkzMS00NzFlLWI3YWYtNGU3ZTFmNzI5YjM4LzMtbWluLmpwZWciXV0\/3-min.jpeg\" alt=\"3 Min\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fig. 3: Initial shade taking.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"4 Min\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/system\/refinery\/images\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDEvMjUvMTEvNDMvNDYvMWQ0OTk2M2UtZjU5Zi00Y2FiLTlhNjEtYmQ4NjU3OWE2NWMxLzQtbWluLmpwZWciXV0\/4-min.jpeg\" alt=\"4 Min\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fig. 4: Instructing the patient to use<a href=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/whitening-products\/whiteness-perfect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whiteness Perfect 16%<\/a>\u00a0in the trays for 4 weeks for 3 to 4 hours per day.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"5 Min\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/system\/refinery\/images\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDEvMjUvMTEvNDUvMzQvODRmMjBjNzUtMTAyNS00OTE2LWFiMmItMjM4NzNlZjM5ODZjLzUtbWluLmpwZWciXV0\/5-min.jpeg\" alt=\"5 Min\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fig. 5:\u00a0Follow-up after 4 weeks of treatment, showing an improvement in the shade. Facing the report of the absence of sensitivity, the patient was instructed to continue treatment with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/whitening-products\/whiteness-perfect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whiteness Perfect 16%<\/a>, for 3 to 4 hours per day.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"6 Min\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/system\/refinery\/images\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDEvMjUvMTEvNDcvMzkvMGQ2Y2UwZTEtNjU1ZS00OTg4LThiNDktODczNTYwZjdjYjE4LzYtbWluLmpwZWciXV0\/6-min.jpeg\" alt=\"6 Min\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fig. 6:\u00a0 Final shade taking after 2 months of treatment.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"7 Min\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/system\/refinery\/images\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDEvMjUvMTEvNDgvNDcvYzY3NGEzYzUtOGRmYy00MjgzLWI2ODYtYTU3OTc4ODg3Y2ZhLzctbWluLkpQRyJdXQ\/7-min.JPG\" alt=\"7 Min\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fig. 7:\u00a0Final intraoral aspect.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"8 Min\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/system\/refinery\/images\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDEvMjUvMTEvNDkvMjcvZWI5MGFmZDctZDIwNC00NDYxLTk4NDItOTAyYzA2NDUwZDc5LzgtbWluLkpQRyJdXQ\/8-min.JPG\" alt=\"8 Min\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fig. 8:\u00a0Final smile<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"9 Min\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/system\/refinery\/images\/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDEvMjUvMTEvNTAvMDUvMDgxYmQ1N2EtNWM5ZC00Mjc2LThjNDItNDc2OTlkYjY0OGU5LzktbWluLkpQRyJdXQ\/9-min.JPG\" alt=\"9 Min\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fig. 9:\u00a0Comparison of the final result with the initial shade guide highlighting the excellent degree of whitening achieved.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overcoming challenges in teeth whitening: tetracycline staining. Author: Dr. Isabel Giraldez Patient 63-year-old female patient. Complaint Patient wanted to whiten her teeth without having to resort to veneers. Radipgraphic exam Teeth showing a grade 2 tetracycline with brown and yellow bands. The most saturated shade of the bands corresponded to the 3R 2.5 of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":354888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"produto-relacionado":[],"categoria-post":[1024],"linha-de-atuacao":[1476],"class_list":["post-354887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-post-clinical-case","linha-de-atuacao-whitening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354887"},{"taxonomy":"produto-relacionado","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/produto-relacionado?post=354887"},{"taxonomy":"categoria-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria-post?post=354887"},{"taxonomy":"linha-de-atuacao","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fgmdentalgroup.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/linha-de-atuacao?post=354887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}