Bleaching course for Dental Practice
This session covers the natural colour of teeth, the various causes of tooth discolouration and the current classification of tooth whitening techniques.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- List the factors that affect the colour of teeth
- Identify some causes of tooth discolouration
- Recognise how bleaching techniques are classified
The use of various bleaching techniques has attracted a lot of interest from both the public and the dental profession. The public’s need for instant cosmetic improvement, coupled with the profession’s desire for a simple quick procedure, has meant bleaching is probably the most common cosmetic dental option available today.
Before commencing this session you should:
- Have knowledge of the anatomy of dental tissues
Munther qualified in 1991 with BDS Honours having first gained his LDS from the Royal College of Surgeons. After working in General Dental Practice and at the Royal Free Hospital, he embarked on a 3 year clinical research study investigating the use of alternatives to amalgam leading to a Masters Degree from the University of Bristol in 2001. He was then appointed as an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Oral and Dental Science at Bristol Dental School where he undertook research in tooth whitening. He was awarded the British Dental Association’s Shirley Glasstone Hughes prize for his research on the use of in-vitro stain models to study tooth whitening. He completed his PhD in 2005.
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