Publication: Time-course of the effect of potassium oxalate in the treatment of hypersensitive dentine in man
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2021-06-01
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18791506
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Archives of Oral Biology. Vol.126, (2021)
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Narinee Chinajitphan, Orapin Ajcharanukul, Kanittha Kijsamanmith, Noppakun Vongsavan, Bruce Matthews Time-course of the effect of potassium oxalate in the treatment of hypersensitive dentine in man. Archives of Oral Biology. Vol.126, (2021). doi:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2021.105109 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/76168
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Time-course of the effect of potassium oxalate in the treatment of hypersensitive dentine in man
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Objective: Investigate the cause of hypersensitive dentine (HD) by recording the time course of changes in dentine sensitivity, sensory threshold to electrical stimulation (ET) and pulpal blood flow (PBF) following tubular occlusion using in vitro and clinical experiments. Design: Nineteen teeth with HD and 13 with normal dentine from 8 participants were evaluated, and the intensity of any pain produced by various stimuli was recorded at different times after oxalate treatment. The participants used a visual-analogue scale (VAS) to indicate the intensity of any pain. The ET and PBF were recorded at the same times. Results: Preliminary in vitro experiments showed that oxalate treatment had no effect on the method used to record PBF, and blocked the treated tubules immediately after application. Considering teeth with HD, a decrease in the median VAS evoked by all forms of stimulation was observed at all post-treatment times, except immediately after treatment (p < 0.05), while the treatment produced no significant effect in teeth with normal dentine. No significant changes in ET or PBF was observed in any of the groups. Conclusions: The effect of oxalate in relieving the symptoms of HD is not only due to a reduction in the intensity of stimulation of sensory receptors sensitive to fluid flow in the dentinal tubules, but also to a reduce in the sensitivity of the receptors that respond to dentine stimulation. There was no evidence that acute pulpitis or central sensitization to pain, which would be associated with changes in PBF or ET, contributes to HD.