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Magnesium sulphate as a new desenstizing agent
Author(s) -
GUOHUA LIU,
MORIMOTO M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1991.tb00068.x
Subject(s) - iontophoresis , magnesium , medicine , dentistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , radiology
Summary Various desensitizing agents have been used in clinics to solve the problem of dentinal hypersensitivity (DH), but none of them has been shown to be consistently effective. We here introduce a new type of desensitizing agent, i.e. 4% magnesium sulphate with iontophoresis at 2mA for 3 min. These optimal conditions were determined by animal experiments, while only a minor effect on dentinal issues was observed within 4 weeks after the treatment. When this desenistizing agent was used to treat DH, the cure rate of 62.4% remained steady within the 25‐week observation period, while some effect was achieved in all the subjects who participated in the study.