BACKGROUND The current investigation examined the determinants of oral health experiences associated with dentine hypersensitivity using prospective diary methodology. METHODS Staff and students from a large UK university who had self-diagnosed dentine hypersensitivity completed an online daily diary and text survey for 2 weeks recording their mood, oral health-related coping behaviours, copi...

BACKGROUND Dentine hypersensitivity (DH) affects people's quality of life (QoL). However changes in the internal meaning of QoL, known as Response shift (RS) may undermine longitudinal assessment of QoL. This study aimed to describe patterns of RS in people with DH using Classification and Regression Trees (CRT) and to explore the convergent validity of CRT with the then-test and ideals approac...

abstract statement of problem: dentin hypersensitivity is one of the most common complaints of patients after periodontal treatments which occur after tissue shrinkage. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine and compare the effectiveness of sensikin gel (10% potassium nitrate and 0.22% sodium fluoride) with sodium fluoride gel (2.7%) and fluoride varnish (5%) in reducing the dentin ...

This case study describes the esthetic and functional reconstruction of a fractured maxillary central incisor. Due to the requirement for additional retention, treatment was performed using the homogenous technique of biological restoration associated with cementation of posts made from human dentin (biopins). This type of treatment is a new alternative to conventional techniques and favors the...

1 DDS, MS, Graduate student; Department of Restorative Dentistry, Dental Materials Division, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Brazil 2 DDS, MS, Graduate student, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil 3 DDS, MS, Professor, Department of Dental Materials and Restorative Dentistry, Dental School, University of Uber...

In comparison to enamel, bonding to normal dentin is a greater challenge because of its organic constituents, fluid-filed tubules, and variations in intrinsic composition. Bonding to sclerotic dentin is even more difficult. To evaluate the shear bond strengths of four adhesive systems to dentin substrates with different levels of mineralization, 120 extracted human teeth were randomly assigned ...

The understanding of the caries process and its effect on the pulp is presented in the context that caries does develop in various rates of progression. Early in the caries process, the pulp reflects changes within lesion activity. Thus, the early pulp response is reversible. Later, the rate of caries progression is reflected by the quality of the tertiary dentin. Slowly progressing lesions cre...

OBJECTIVES Amalgam restorations are replaced by adhesively placed composite resin restorations at an increasing rate. After the removal of amalgam dentine often shows marked dark discoloration that is attributed to the penetration of corrosion products from overlying amalgams. It is questioned whether penetration of metals into dentine affects the dentine as a substrate for adhesive procedures....

CONTEXT The gold standard treatment modality for dentine hypersensitivity has not yet been established. This review examines the effectiveness of self and professionally applied treatments for the reduction in pain from dentine hypersensitivity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Electronic (three databases) and hand searches were performed 14-21 July 2014 to identify randomized controlled trials for the ...

Objectives. The aim of the present paper was to review the published literature in order to identify all relevant studies for inclusion and to determine whether there was any evidence of the efficacy of strontium and potassium toothpastes in the treatment of dentine hypersensitivity (DH). Methods. Following a review of 94 relevant papers both from searching electronic databases (PUBMED) and han...