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Several techniques have been used within the last decades to lighten discolored root-filled teeth. Internal bleaching or intracoronal whitening offers some advantages over more invasive treatments: (1) it is relatively easy to carry out; (2) it involves the removal of minimal tooth structure; and (3) the cost of treatment is low compared to that of other restorative options including full- and partial-coverage restorations.
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Mansour, D., Zapata, R.O., Perdigão, J. (2023). Intracoronal Whitening of Root-Filled Teeth. In: Perdigão, J. (eds) Tooth Whitening. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38244-4_8
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