Open AccessEfficacy of milk as a desensitizing agent for the treatment of sensitivity following scaling and root planing
Author(s) -
Jyosthna G Madhurkar,
Pragathi R Bhat,
Anirudh B. Acharya,
Srinath Thakur,
Vijay A Trasad
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_73_17
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , scaling and root planing , oral hygiene , dentine hypersensitivity , dental prophylaxis , orthodontics , periodontitis , chronic periodontitis
Dentine hypersensitivity (DH) is the most common problem encountered by most of the dentists in their day-to-day clinical practice. It is characterized by a sharp pain or discomfort arising as a response to thermal, chemical, or osmotic stimuli and is caused due to exposure of dentine after the enamel or cementum at the root surface has been lost by the treatment, underlying dental and gingival diseases or physiologic wear and tear of the teeth. This further complicates preventive oral hygiene procedures by the patients, which jeopardize periodontal treatment or may as well aid in periodontal treatment failure.