Clinical Effectiveness of In-office Bleaching Activated With a LED/Laser Device

There is a controversy in the dentistry literature about how the use of associated light to activate 35% hydrogen peroxide gel during in-office tooth bleaching may increase the bleaching effectiveness. The studies that demonstrated an increased level of bleaching using light activation employed lower hydrogen peroxide gels while the ones reporting no statistical difference employed higher hydrogen peroxide gels. The hypothesis of this study is that the effectiveness of light activation tooth bleaching in dependent on the hydrogen peroxide concentration employed.