What is known about the influence of dentine hypersensitivity on oral health-related quality of life?

Bekes, Katrin; Hirsch, Christian R

doi:10.1007/s00784-012-0888-9

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“…A substantial number of patients with DH experience symptoms severe enough to interfere with their eating, drinking, oral hygiene habits and sometimes even breathing [3,15]. These symptoms are highly relevant from the patients' point of view and often have a considerable adverse impact on their daily QoL [3,6]. The concept of OHRQoL among patients with DH is therefore gaining popularity with growing awareness of the importance of patients' perspective in pre and post treatment evaluation.…”

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“…The aetiology of DH is multi-factorial with gingival recession, abrasion, erosion and attrition as the main predisposing factors [2]. Experience of discomfort in daily life and function is common among sufferers with significant impact on their quality of life (QoL) [3,6]. A successful treatment modality should therefore be able to alleviate the symptoms and reduce or eliminate the impact of the condition on the QoL of the patients.…”

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Dentine Hypersensitivity: Review of a Common Oral Health Problem

Pi¹,

Asa²,

Mohammed³

et al. 2017

J Den Craniofac Res

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Dentine hypersensitivity remains an enigma. Although, it is known to usually present with sharp, short pain caused by one or more external stimuli, it is often inadequately understood. Controversies therefore abound concerning the appropriate terminology for the condition, variations in prevalence, and what is most important to the patients suffering from the condition -a treatment that provides immediate relief with long lasting effect. Available interventions using desensitizing agents provide only temporary relief. The interest of dental practitioners and researchers in dentine hypersensitivity remains very high as it is still a common complaint among patients globally. The myriad array of treatments available and claims of efficacy has not lessened the clinician's dilemma. As a guide and update for clinicians, the aim of this paper is to review the published literature and provide current opinion on the prevalence, aetiology, mechanism, clinical features, treatment as well as the concept of oral health related quality of life among patients with dentine hypersensitivity. A manual and PubMed literature search was conducted using the keywords: dentine hypersensitivity, tooth sensitivity, cervical dentine hypersensitivity, root dentine hypersensitivity in combination with the words prevalence, epidemiology, diagnosis, mechanism, aetiology, clinical features, treatment, oral health or quality of life. The recently developed treatment agents appear promising but will require more randomized clinical trials. Dentine hypersensitivity remains a common condition with significant effect on daily life. The incorporation of a measure of oral health related quality of life is recommended as one of the outcome measures for new treatment modalities.

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Section: Dh and Oral Health Related Quality Of Life (Ohrqol)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dentine Hypersensitivity: Review of a Common Oral Health Problem

Pi¹,

Asa²,

Mohammed³

et al. 2017

J Den Craniofac Res

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“…The resulting restrictions on everyday activities can have an important effect on the patient's quality of life [ 35 ]. Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is a relatively new concept in dentistry.…”

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Dentin Hypersensitivity: Prevalence, Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Management

Loveren

Schmidlin

Martens

2015

Dental Erosion and Its Clinical Management

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Dentin hypersensitivity is simply defi ned as a short sharply painful reaction of the exposed and innervated pulp-dentin complex in response to stimuli being typically thermal, evaporative, tactile, osmotic, or chemical and which reaction cannot be attributed to any dental defect or pathology. To be hypersensitive, dentin must be exposed and the exposed tubules must be open and patent to both the oral cavity and the pulp. Exposure of dentin through the loss of gingival and periodontal tissue may be caused by either too meticulous or by neglected oral hygiene. Exposure of dentin by the loss of the protecting enamel is mainly caused by erosion, abrasion, and abfraction or a combination thereof. Clinical examination for dentin hypersensitivity would include a pain provocation test by a tactile stimulus, an evaporative air stimulus, or a cold stimulus. A number of other dental conditions can give rise to pain symptoms, which may mimic those of dentin

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“…Research supports our clinical experience that patients find dentinal hypersensitivity to have a negative effect on oral health-related quality of life. 1 There is no established pathway for treating dentinal hypersen- This practice-based study, carried out by a single practitioner, using random allocation of patients to three groups, compared a desensitising toothpaste with a professionally applied desensitising agent and a non-desensitising toothpaste. Although this was a small study with 72 participants completing it (75 were enrolled), it was tightly controlled and well carried out.…”

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