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Sodium peroxide

Sodium peroxide is a yellowish-white powder used as a bleaching agent and medically as…

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Sodium hypochlorite

Sodium hypochlorite is a salt, usually stored in solution and used as a fungicide…

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Hydrogen peroxide

Hydrogen peroxide is a colourless liquid used principally as a mild antiseptic and a…

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Ether

Ether is a compound that was often used as an anaesthetic in the middle…

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Walking bleach technique

Walking bleach technique is the technique that is commonly used to bleach those teeth…

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Power bleaching

Power bleaching is a process of bleaching that is done in the clinic and…

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Curing lights

Curing lights are used to activate certain materials such as hydrogen peroxide, or composites.

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Dystrophic calcification

Dystrophic calcification, when referring to teeth is a condition where the tooth structure does…

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Congenital erythropoietic porphyria

Congenital erythropoietic porphyria is a condition where haemoglobin does not form properly.