A novel method of tooth whitening using cold plasma microjet driven by direct current in atmospheric-pressure air

Jie Pan; Peng Sun; Ye Tian; Haixia Zhou; Haiyan Wu; Na Bai; Fuxiang Liu; Weidong Zhu; Jue Zhang; Kurt H. Becker; Jing Fang

doi:10.1109/TPS.2010.2066291

A novel method of tooth whitening using cold plasma microjet driven by direct current in atmospheric-pressure air

Jie Pan, Peng Sun, Ye Tian, Haixia Zhou, Haiyan Wu, Na Bai, Fuxiang Liu, Weidong Zhu, Jue Zhang, Kurt H. Becker, Jing Fang

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We reported in this paper the tooth-whitening effect by a direct-current cold atmospheric-pressure air plasma microjet (PMJ) and saline solution (0.9%). All teeth were randomly divided into three groups, treated for 20 min with an air blow and saline solution, a PMJ and saline solution, and 35% hydrogen peroxide gel, respectively. Compared with the other groups, the teeth treated with the PMJ and saline solution showed the best tooth-whitening effect. The microhardness of the tooth enamel measurement showed no apparent differences among the three groups. A minor enamel surface morphological change was observed via SEM but was considered acceptable. Singlet oxygen ¹O₂ and hydroxyl (H) radicals were detected by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Atomic oxygen (O) was observed in the optical emission spectra of the PMJ. ¹O₂, (H) and O were considered to be the key agents during the tooth-whitening process. This novel method of tooth whitening has the potential to revolutionize the clinical tooth-whitening procedure.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5587901
Pages (from-to)	3143-3151
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	38
Issue number	11 PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2010.2066291
State	Published - Nov 2010

Keywords

Electron spin resonance (ESR)
optical emission spectra
plasma microjet (PMJ)
tooth whitening

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

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