DIAGNOSIS, ETIOLOGY AND CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF DENTIN HYPERSENSITIVITY: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Dentin hypersensitivity is a clinical condition characterized by short, sharp pain arising from exposed dentin in response to stimuli-typically thermal, evaporative, tactile, osmotic, or chemical which is a problem in today's increasingly, cannot be attributed to any other dental defect or pathology. patients having sensitivity of heat, touch, sweet or sour prefer to go to a dentist to get over the pain. generally, there are two mechanisms which are accepted as the corrector of sensitivity in dentin hypersensitivity treatment: blockage of fluid movement due to the congestion of dentinal tubules and modification or reduction of the response to the stimulus by decreasing sensitivity of the sensory nerves. for this purpose, utilisation of different physical and chemical agents as well as other treatment strategies have been investigated. in this review, current approaches in dentin hypersensitivity is aimed to give information about the and treatment methods.