Dentine hypersensitivity and its management

Abstract

The objective of this review is to inform practitioners about dentin hypersensitivity (DHS); to provide a brief overview of the prevalence, diagnosis, etiopathogenesis, and clinical management of dentin hypersensitivity and to discuss technical approaches to relieve sensitivity. This clinical information is described in the context of the underlying biology.
The authors used PUBMED, Google Scholar, Research gate to find relevant English-language literature published in the period 1999 to 2021. The authors used combinations of the search terms “dentin”, “tooth”, “teeth”, “hypersensitivity”, “desensitizing”. Abstracts and also full text articles to identify studies describing, prevalence,distribution,etiology, clinical features, mechanisms of action of various desensitizing agents.