Efficacy of Carbamide Peroxide and Sodium Perborate as Bleaching Agent in Non-Vital Discolored Teeth

To estimate the effectiveness of sodium perborate with carbamide-peroxide (urea peroxide) to remove the staining of non-vital discolored teeth. Comparative cross sectional study. Dental department of operative dentistry, LUMHS, Jamshoro Sindh, Pakistan, from December 15-12-2014 to June 15-6-2015. A total of 160 single rooted teeth with intact clinical crowns have been collected. Using human blood, the teeth were discolored. With the vita shade guide, shades of discolored teeth were taken. Each tooth was handled with the root canal. 2 mm of root-canal-filling material cleaned under the junction of cement-enamel. In addition, it was then coated with glass ionomer cement 1 mm thickness. Teeth were divided randomly into two groups based on bleaching content used in the pulp chamber; group-A (C.P): 16% Carbamide-peroxide. Group-B (S.P): tetra-hydrate sodium-perborate mixed with distilled water. After 21days, the results were checked for efficacy. The analysis included a total of 160 teeth extracted (80 teeth extracted in each group). In group A, 78 (51.7%) found effectiveness compared to 73 (48.3%) in group B. The experimental groups showed statistically similar bleaching results at the end of twenty one days and p value found to be not significantly different (p=0.078). With a significant result, intracoronal bleaching of non-vital colored teeth is less invasive, comparatively safe and effective to remove the staining of non-vital discolored teeth.