Patent ID: 6391283
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A61C,A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A method for bleaching a person's teeth comprising:(a) providing a dental bleaching composition that comprises at least one dental bleaching agent and at least one dye that is not entirely bleached by the dental bleaching agent prior to use of the dental bleaching composition and which, when exposed to radiant energy, absorbs at least a portion of said radiant energy and causes the dental bleaching composition to heat up and thereby accelerate bleaching activity of the dental bleaching (b) applying the dental bleaching composition to one or more of the person's teeth; and (c) directing radiant energy to the dental bleaching composition applied to the one or more teeth by means of a dental curing lamp so as to cause the dental bleaching composition to heat up through absorption of at least a portion of said radiant energy by the dye, thereby causing the bleaching agent to impart accelerated bleaching of the one or more teeth.