The aim of this study will be to evaluate if subjects submitted to a white diet counseling during home dental bleaching will present better results than subjects that maintained their usual diets. Forty patients will be divided into two groups and randomly allocated to each group: usual diet (control) or white diet, avoiding dye-containing food and beverages. patients will be assessed through a food frequency questionnaire and color measurement using a spectrophotometer at baseline and six months after bleaching.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
Patients will not receive any information regarding their usual diet. They will simply perform home dental bleaching.
Federal Univeristy of Pelotas
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
RECRUITINGTooth color
Will be assessed using a spectrophotometer
Time frame: 6 months
Food frequency questionnaire
Patients will respond to a 30 item questionnaire regarding their daily diet. A Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) was constructed to evaluate the consumption of chromogenic food and beverage of patients in the last year. A list of 54 foods and beverages that, according to the literature, have the potential to cause some kind of extrinsic pigmentation, was elaborated. In each food of beverage, the individual will be asked if he consumed in the last year and if the answer is yes, the consumption frequency (0 to 10 times) per unit of time (day, week, month or year). In addition, each individual will answer regarding the amount relative to the mean portion, half of the mean portion, or twice of the mean portion. The size of the mean portions will be considered by calculating the mean of each food consumed. The home measure for the mean portion will be based on the Table of Evaluation of Food Consumption in Home Measures (Pinheiro et al. 2000).
Time frame: 6 months
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