Tooth Pain and Sensitivity

Question 1

Key to diagnosing tooth pain and sensitivity?

Answer 1

LOVE

Listen, Observe, Verify, Eliminate

Question 2

Dentin Hypersensitivity

Answer 2

Short, sharp pain arising from exposed dentin in response to a stimuli, which cannot be ascribed to any other defect or pathology

Question 3

Products to treat dentinal hypersensitivity and mode of action:
Glutaraldehyde-HEMA

Answer 3

Gluma

Protein precipitation/tubule occlusion

Question 4

Products to treat dentinal hypersensitivity and mode of action:
GI Cement

Answer 4

Vitrabond-like

Tubule occlusion

Question 5

Products to treat dentinal hypersensitivity and mode of action:
Desensitizing Dentrifice

Answer 5

Sensodyne (5% KNO3)

Lower nerve sensitivity

Question 6

Products to treat dentinal hypersensitivity and mode of action:
Calcium Phosphate

Answer 6

D/sense 2, Queil

Tubule occlusion

Question 7

Products to treat dentinal hypersensitivity and mode of action:
5% NaF Varnish

Answer 7

Durphat, Durphor

Tubule occlusion

Question 8

Products to treat dentinal hypersensitivity and mode of action:
Potassium Containing Products

Answer 8

3-5% KNO3 relief (Discus Dental 5%)

Lower nerve sensitivity

Question 9

What could post op sensitivity be due to?

Answer 9

High occlusion of restoration

Question 10

What should you do if there is post op sensitivity?

Answer 10

Remove the filling and place with sedative filling, reassess in a few weeks

Question 11

What delineates acute versus chronic?

Answer 11

6 month is the line