What an ideology: Can toilet cleaner whiten teeth?

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Case Report

Author Details : Avineet Kaur*, Aaron Sarwal, Naysan Hamadani, Reshma Dodwad, Mehraab Kaur Dhillon, Harnoor Singh Sandhu

Volume : 7, Issue : 2, Year : 2021

Article Page : 136-138

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jooo.2021.026

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Abstract

In olden days people use to think toilet cleaner can clean now we are presenting a case what has happened with a myth. Whitening tooth with a toilet cleaner (Hydrochloric Acid) is a rare case. In our case report patient has brushed his teeth with toilet cleaner. Dental erosion is the deprivation of exterior tooth structure. There is no involvement of bacteria during erosion process. Literature witnessed many causes of erosion but this cause is rarest of rare. This report encourages proper patient education at both urban and rural levels.

Keywords: Dental erosion, Toliet cleaner, Chemicals, Demineralizing.

How to cite : Kaur A , Sarwal A , Hamadani N , Dodwad R , Dhillon M K , Sandhu H S , What an ideology: Can toilet cleaner whiten teeth?. J Oral Med Oral Surg Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2021;7(2):136-138

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