Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 586-596 , May 2007

External bleaching therapy with activation by heat, light or laser—A systematic review

  • Wolfgang Buchalla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University of Zürich, Plattenstrasse 11, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Department of Operative Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Attin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University of Zürich, Plattenstrasse 11, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Department of Operative Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 44 634 3271; fax: +41 44 634 4308.

Received 17 October 2005 ,Revised 4 March 2006 ,Accepted 9 March 2006.

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PII: S0109-5641(06)00106-0

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.03.018

Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 586-596 , May 2007

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