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Evaluation of the most frequent dental dyscromia and clinical protocol for Home Bleaching Technique
By Dr. Francesca Muggiano , Dr. Andrea Quaranta , Dr. Ivana Giannantoni , Dr. Michele Previati
Submited on: 12 Dec 2013 10:51:42 PM GMT
Published on: 13 Dec 2013 06:28:27 AM GMT
 
An Evaluation of a Protocol for a Home Bleaching Technique
Posted by Dr. William J Maloney on 31 Jan 2014 02:54:17 PM GMT Reviewed by Interested Peers

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    The authors competently present a technique for bleaching one's teeth at home.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    No


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes- It would be a great seminar for anyone in the dental profession who is involved with the whitening of teeth.


  • Other Comments:

    The authors present a very helpful and detailed materials and methods section. The authors provide a very well written article which details a standard clinical protocol for home bleaching and whitening of teeth. The authors recommend periodic re-evaluations to check the stability of the obtained results and to avoid relapse.

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:

    None

  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Clinical associate professor

  • How to cite:  Maloney W J.An Evaluation of a Protocol for a Home Bleaching Technique[Review of the article 'Evaluation of the most frequent dental dyscromia and clinical protocol for Home Bleaching Technique' by Previati M].WebmedCentral 2014;5(1):WMCRW002930
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