Introduction: Through the years the image that we reflect is more and more important. Dental bleaching is a process in which a bleaching agent is used to break down external or internal agents that cause pathological color of the tooth. Most of the time two methods are used. One performed in the office by a dental surgeon or one realized by the patient at home. Objectives: The first objective was to assess the effects of tooth sensitivity resulting from tooth whitening at home or at dental office in insert population sample and age range,depending on a population of interest. The second objective was to analyse the different treatments and advances to treat the effects of tooth whitening. Material and Methods: A questionnaire was created using Google Forms and distributed to participants. Then a literature review was conducted in order to provide further background with twenty-one articles in English and five articles in French were gathered from PubMed and Google Scholar regarding the effects of whitening on tooth sensitivity and potential treatments. Results: A total of 102 participants were recruited for this study. We observed that 84,5% have experienced dental sensitivity after using tooth whitening products whereas 15,5 % did not. We saw that 33,3 % have noticed not effective at all the treatment whereas 33,3 % have noticed it effective and 1,3 % very effective. Conclusions: Teeth whitening performed in clinic produces more sensitivities than that done at home. The use of Ibuprofen or Paracetamol has not proven to be effective in reducing postoperative dentinal sensitivities in this research.
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