BACKGROUND One of many functions of the pulp-dentin complex is sensory function. Acute, situated, receding pain after the cessation of the stimulus action is called dentin pain. Dentin hypersensitivity has been described as one of the most painful and least successfully treated chronic ailments of teeth. The aim of this research was the clinical evaluation of the effectiveness of professional p...

The purpose of this randomized, clinical, double-blind short-term trial was to evaluate the efficacy of a new lacquer containing a new component (phosphonic acid methacrylate) designed for treating dentine hypersensitivity. Eighty-eight patients participated in this study. At the first visit one tooth was treated with the lacquer (1), while another tooth was treated with a placebo (2). Sensitiv...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of a dentine bonding system to sclerotic dentine in comparison with normal dentine. METHODS The efficacy of the dentine bonding system to sclerotic dentine was examined by measuring wall-to-wall polymerization contraction gap width. The dentine cavity wall was pretreated with an experimental dentine bonding system with and without a dentine primer. The dentine...