Bleaching vs No bleaching or alternative control: Colour disparity between carious and non-affected enamel
- Population
- Permanent teeth with post-orthodontic or artificial white spot lesions
- Intervention
- Bleaching
- Comparison
- No bleaching or alternative control
- Outcome
- Colour disparity between carious and non-affected enamel
Bleaching may diminish colour disparities between carious and non-affected areas (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Bleaching vs No bleaching or alternative control Colour disparity between carious and non-affected enamel · Permanent teeth with post-orthodontic or artificial white spot lesions · Varied; 28 days in the RCT, clinical and laboratory settings Bleaching may diminish colour disparities between carious and non-affected areas (very low certainty). Is Bleaching Effective in Managing Post-orthodontic White-spot Lesions? A Systematic Review. (2020) All outcomes | no estimate extracted | 3 studies | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is Bleaching Effective in Managing Post-orthodontic White-spot Lesions? A Systematic Review. 2020 All outcomes | 2018-07-01 | 15 | Low / Critically Low |
Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Bleaching Effects on Color, Chemical, and Mechanical Properties of White Spot Lesions · 2016 · included by 1 of these review
- External Bleaching Effect on the Color and Luminosity of Inactive White-Spot Lesions after Fixed Orthodontic Appliances · 2007 · included by 1 of these review
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.