Patients' desire and previous experience of dental bleaching

Introduction: Dental esthetics is one of the most wanted procedures in the current business of dentistry. It is more common among the young aged patients, who tend to undergo whitening procedures more than the older aged patients. This process of teeth whitening is scientifically known as bleaching. A study was conducted by Al-Amriet al(2017),which focused on the reasons behind bleaching use and the extent of people's desire in demanding for such treatment. It was found out that majority of the patients were unaware of any side effect dental bleaching might be associated with. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study, which utilized a closed endedonline questionnaire constructed on survey monkey. The surveyquestions included variables related to demographics and bleaching. A total of 525 participants were targeted, whichincluded males and females more than 18 years of age and havingat least one previous dental visit. Discussion: As far as the gender comparison was concerned, we found that females tend to have better knowledge about the side effects associated with dental bleaching procedures. , no significant comparisons were seen regarding the experiences of males and females, which indicate that both genders have similar levels of desire and experience of receiving dental bleaching treatment. We also found significant differences among the educated and uneducated groups, When compared the survey responses on the basis of age groups, it was noted that there was no overall significant difference between age groups of participants. As far as smoking and nationality were concerned, there were no overall significant comparisons reported in our study. Conclusions • No gender differences were reported in this study. • Educated patients had better knowledge and experience of tooth bleaching. • No relationship between age, income, smoking and dental visits with bleaching knowledge and desire could be established.