Personality Bleaching

Data collection NEO-FFI data was collected in a Microsoft Excel data sheet and analyzed by a psychology that was blind to patient's expectations. According to the answers, each scale might get a score between 0 and 50.

Statistical analysis For comparisons between scales between groups of patients were bleaching and who refused to be bleached Mann Whitney test was used.For each pair of scales it was determined if any one of them predominated over its counterpart by Wilcoxon rank test before and after bleaching . To corroborate the statistical power of this study was calculated post-hoc with the NEO-FFI scores values between the comparisons and showed a high statistical power (0.99) by G-Power software.

Inclusion criteria

• Participants included in this clinical trial were between 18 and 76 years old and had good general and oral health. Each subject had at least one central incisor with shade A2 or darker, assessed by comparison with a value-oriented shade guide (Vita classical, Vita Zahnfabrik, Bad Säckingen, Germany)

Exclusion criteria

• Participants that had undergone previous dental bleaching procedures during orthodontic treatment, or those that were pregnant or lactating women and participants with bruxism habits, were not included in the trial. Additionally, participants with restorations on the labial surfaces of their anterior teeth and non-carious cervical lesions, veneers or full crowns, with gingival recession, spontaneous tooth pain, internal tooth discoloration, and teeth with endodontic treatment or fluorosis were also excluded from this trial