1. Comparison of efficacy of commercially available desensitizing Toothpastes in reducing Dentin Hypersensitivity.
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Reji, Anjali
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Dentine hypersensitivity is characterized by a short sharp pain arising from exposed dentine in response to thermal, evaporative, tactile, osmotic or chemical stimuli that cannot be ascribed to any other form of dental defect. Today, multiple desensitizing toothpastes that claim superiority over each other in reducing dentin hypersensitivity are commercially available. The present study was undertaken to evaluate and compare the efficacy of three commercially available desensitizing toothpastes in reducing dentine hypersensitivity (herbal desensitizing toothpaste, desensitizing toothpaste and desensitizing toothpaste containing 8% arginine). Total of 45 participants were recruited equally into 3 groups (Group 1: Herbal desensitizing toothpaste; Group 2: Desensitizing paste containing potassium salt; Group 3: Desensitizing toothpaste containing 8% Arginine) by a simple random sampling method. Dentine hypersensitivity was evaluated at the baseline, immediately, at 4
th week and 8th week after using the assigned toothpaste. Dentine hypersensitivity was evaluated using the Schiff sensitivity score. In this study, the efficacy of desensitizing toothpaste within group 1 at different time intervals was found to be statistically significant (p=0.004). Comparison of the efficacy of desensitizing toothpaste within group 2 and group 3 at different time intervals was found to be statistically highly significant (p=0.000). However, the comparison of the efficacy of desensitizing toothpaste between 3 groups at baseline (p=0.659), immediately (p=0.366), at the 4th week (p=0.388) and the 8th week (p=0.583) was found to be statistically nonsignificant. The present study can be useful, as it is important to assess the efficacy of various commercially available desensitizing toothpastes, since the use of desensitizing toothpastes is considered to be the primary strategy in the management of non-carious dentinal exposure causing dentinal hypersensitivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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