Wang, Diana
Kaur, Kawaljit
Paranjpe, Avina
Lee, Eric
Wasilewski, Matthew
Sung, Danielle
Han, David
Sung, Eric C.
Jewett, Anahid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7840-1176
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (0000000)
Article History
Received: 20 May 2019
Accepted: 16 October 2019
First Online: 25 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: A single center, randomized controlled single-blinded clinical trial (NCT03534115) was conducted using human subjects (<i>n</i> = 41) to determine the protective role of NAC on chair-side bleaching procedure. Exclusion criteria included pregnant human subjects as well as any prospective patients with significant enamel translucency, unstable posterior occlusion, missing anterior teeth, current placement of anterior crowns or orthodontic devices. Informed consent was obtained based on the IRB protocol and the subjects were randomly assigned and were blinded to control (<i>n</i> = 20) and experimental (<i>n</i> = 21) groups.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.