IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v11y2020i1d10.1038_s41467-020-15015-3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Piezo-catalysis for nondestructive tooth whitening

Author

Listed:
  • Yang Wang

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Xinrong Wen

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Yanmin Jia

    (Xi’an University of Posts and Communications)

  • Ming Huang

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Feifei Wang

    (Shanghai Normal University)

  • Xuehui Zhang

    (Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology)

  • Yunyang Bai

    (Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology)

  • Guoliang Yuan

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

  • Yaojin Wang

    (Nanjing University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

The increasing demand for a whiter smile has resulted in an increased popularity for tooth whitening procedures. The most classic hydrogen peroxide-based whitening agents are effective, but can lead to enamel demineralization, gingival irritation, or cytotoxicity. Furthermore, these techniques are excessively time-consuming. Here, we report a nondestructive, harmless and convenient tooth whitening strategy based on a piezo-catalysis effect realized by replacement of abrasives traditionally used in toothpaste with piezoelectric particles. Degradation of organic dyes via piezo-catalysis of BaTiO3 (BTO) nanoparticles was performed under ultrasonic vibration to simulate daily tooth brushing. Teeth stained with black tea, blueberry juice, wine or a combination thereof can be notably whitened by the poled BTO turbid liquid after vibration for 3 h. A similar treatment using unpoled or cubic BTO show negligible tooth whitening effect. Furthermore, the BTO nanoparticle-based piezo-catalysis tooth whitening procedure exhibits remarkably less damage to both enamel and biological cells.

Suggested Citation

  • Yang Wang & Xinrong Wen & Yanmin Jia & Ming Huang & Feifei Wang & Xuehui Zhang & Yunyang Bai & Guoliang Yuan & Yaojin Wang, 2020. "Piezo-catalysis for nondestructive tooth whitening," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-15015-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15015-3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15015-3
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-020-15015-3?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Yang Zhao & Feng Yang & Han Jiang & Guandao Gao, 2024. "Piezoceramic membrane with built-in ultrasound for reactive oxygen species generation and synergistic vibration anti-fouling," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Ziming Wang & Andy Berbille & Yawei Feng & Site Li & Laipan Zhu & Wei Tang & Zhong Lin Wang, 2022. "Contact-electro-catalysis for the degradation of organic pollutants using pristine dielectric powders," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Zhuomin Zhang & Xuemu Li & Zehua Peng & Xiaodong Yan & Shiyuan Liu & Ying Hong & Yao Shan & Xiaote Xu & Lihan Jin & Bingren Liu & Xinyu Zhang & Yu Chai & Shujun Zhang & Alex K.-Y. Jen & Zhengbao Yang, 2023. "Active self-assembly of piezoelectric biomolecular films via synergistic nanoconfinement and in-situ poling," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    4. Xiaoyang Pan & Xuhui Yang & Maoqing Yu & Xiaoxiao Lu & Hao Kang & Min-Quan Yang & Qingrong Qian & Xiaojing Zhao & Shijing Liang & Zhenfeng Bian, 2023. "2D MXenes polar catalysts for multi-renewable energy harvesting applications," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    5. Yang Wang & Shuhao Wang & Yanze Meng & Zhen Liu & Dijie Li & Yunyang Bai & Guoliang Yuan & Yaojin Wang & Xuehui Zhang & Xiaoguang Li & Xuliang Deng, 2022. "Pyro-catalysis for tooth whitening via oral temperature fluctuation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-15015-3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.