Advanced Tooth Whitening for Complex Discolouration
Tooth whitening continues to gain popularity with the general public. Whilst most patients with generalised mild discolouration can be treated with tooth whitening techniques involving home bleaching, those patient s with complex discolouration such as tetracycline and fluorosis discolouration will require different tooth whitening strategies and modification of techniques to gain a predictable result. This lecture will focus on those patients suffering from severe discolouration and multiple tooth discolourations within the same tooth and discuss how to modify the existing tooth whitening techniques. Some patients who have had mild trauma on a single upper central incisor tooth suffer from single tooth discolouration where the tooth becomes mismatched to its partner. Calcific metamorphosis is the pathological process will may result. The treatment options for this type of complex discolouration will be discussed including tray modification techniques and protocols for ramping the concentration of bleaching material.
Management of fluorosis discolouration with brown, white and orange lesions will be discussed as well as Microabrasion techniques and use of Amorphous calcium phosphate.
To provide the delegates with in depth knowledge of Advanced Tooth Whitening Techniques and as it relates to complex discolouration issues such as tetracycline, fluorosis, calcific metamorphosis following tooth trauma.
To learn about the process and indications for Microabrasion after tooth whitening .
To learn about the use of Amorphous calcium phosphate for soothing and fading white marks on teeth.
By the end of the lecture delegates should:
1. Have an understanding of Advanced Tooth Whitening Techniques
2. Understand the classification of tooth whitening
3. Have a detailed knowledge of complex discolouration
4. Learn about treatment sequencing for whitening
5. Be able to answer patients questions and concerns with regards to tetracycline whitening that their patients may ask
6. Be able to understand how to manage sensitivity for those patient undertaking prolonged bleaching treatments.
7. Learn about using bleaching trays as therapeutic trays for patients
Dr Linda Greenwall is a well know lecturer and an authority on tooth whitening and aesthetic dentistry. She has combined an innovative and award winning, multidisciplinary private practice in London, UK, which has been awarded the Investor in People status, with research in the field of tooth bleaching. She is a Fellowship Examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a specialist in Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics and Honorary Clinical Teacher, King’s College London Dental Institute. Dr Greenwall is also the Editor of the journal Aesthetic Dentistry Today.
Linda Greenwall’s book entitled ‘Bleaching Techniques in Restorative Dentistry’, (Martin Dunitz, 2001) won the award for Best New Dental Book 2001. Linda lectures extensively in the UK and internationally on the subjects of Tooth Bleaching, Aesthetic Dentistry, Practice Management as well as the Controversies Surrounding Tooth Whitening. She has written many papers for the dentistry magazines. More recently she has produced an extensive and thorough e-learning programme entitled ‘The Business of Bleaching’ (Smile-on, 2007) which has been well received among the dental fraternity. In 2008 Dr Greenwall published a Contribution with chapters to a book entitled Tooth Whitening in Esthetic Dentistry (So-Ran Kwon, Seok-Hoon Ko, L H Greenwall, Quintessence) and currently in preparation is a publication entitled Management Skills in Esthetic Dental Practice, (Dr L H Greenwall and Dr C Jameson).
In 2008 Dr Greenwall launched the British Dental Bleaching Society (BDBS) which aims to lobby for changes in the controversial bleaching legislation and to educate dentists in tooth whitening. Dr Greenwall chairs this organization. She is an Associate Course Director for the Advanced Certificate in Aesthetic Dentistry for the Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of General Dental Practices.
Dr Greenwall is an associate member of BDA, FGDP, BGDS, BSRD, BASD, BDHF, BAAD, AO, Women in Dentistry, The Dental Journal Club of North West London and the Mike Wise Study Group.
