Efficacy of diode laser irradiation during dental bleaching in preventing enamel damage caused by bleaching.

Background: Evidence on the protecting effect of laser on bleached enamel is scarce and controversial. Therefore, we aimed to test for the first time whether different wavelengths of diode laser (810 and 980 nm) can prevent enamel surface corrosion. We also tested for the first time whether such therapeutic effects of laser are limited to specific "laser-activated" bleaching gels or both conventional and laser-activated gels.