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Evaluation of sodium fluoride, gluma, diode laser in dentine hypersensitivity.

Saswati Sarmah, Deepshikha Singh, Jishnu Nath, Tribeni Saikia, Anindita Bhagawati, Trishna Saikia

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6 authors.

Saswati SarmahDepartment of Periodontics and oral Implantology, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
Deepshikha SinghDepartment of Periodontology, Rama Dental College Hospital and Research Center, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Jishnu NathDepartment of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Government Dental College, Silchar, Assam, India.
Tribeni SaikiaDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
Anindita BhagawatiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
Trishna SaikiaDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dentinal hypersensitivity (DH) is one of the most painful and least predictably treated chronic conditions in dentistry. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the efficacy of 5% sodium fluoride (NaF) varnish, gluma varnish and diode laser and their combined application in treating dentin hypersensitivity. The findings suggest that 5% NaF alone or combined with diode laser significantly reduces the severity of DH. Combinatorial intervention of diode laser with desensitising agents is therapeutically more effective in treating DH than the application of laser, 5% NaF and Gluma alone.

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clinical trialDentinal hypersensitivitydiode lasergluma varnishvisual analogue scale

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