Teeth whitening - calcium peroxide?

[Foreverbrad]

The normal ingredient of course is carbamide peroxide but I’ve found some offering a mix of carbamide and calcium peroxide which supposedly helps to regrow enamel.

Can’t find any research. Anyone have thoughts on if this is real or bullshit marketing?

 

[5.5psl]

bullshit marketing

 

[Foreverbrad]

Use of a calcium peroxide whitening agent for remineralization and recalcification of incipient lesions - PubMed

Recalcifying incipient lesions to clinically significant depths, and improving the surface hardness of enamel while performing a popular cosmetic bleaching service, compares favorably with losses of calcium and decreased enamel surface hardness, as reported in studies of many conventional...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[LiteralCaucasian]

Trust the science bigot

 

[Foreverbrad]

https://www.scielo.br/j/bdj/a/JNf7F3D4tfm3zPcR8Pby33g/?format=pdf&lang=en

This paper contradicts the previous, saying that calcium had no effects

 

[Foreverbrad]

Conclusion: better to apply re-mineralisation gel separately after bleaching.