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Advances in the Diagnosis of Dentine Hypersensitivity

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Dentine Hypersensitivity

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The pain of dentine hypersensitivity (DH); the arresting, short, sharp pain symptoms on stimulation of exposed dentine, is similar to that resulting from a number of oral pain conditions, although aetiologies are wide ranging and of very different origin. The diagnosis of DH is therefore from a systematic method of diagnosing the disorder by exclusion of other pain conditions in the differential diagnosis. While helpful in diagnosis, the presence of features indicative of DH, such as exposed dentine, alone can only suggest that this might be the cause of a patient’s pain, making the diagnosis of DH problematic. Diagnosis and advances in diagnosis which may be helpful to the clinician in general practice will be discussed, together with methods of pain measurement that may be useful in clinical trials.

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  1. Periodontology, Clinical Trials Unit, Bristol Dental School and Hospital, Lower Maudlin St, Bristol, BS1 2LY, UK

    Joon Seong & Nicola West BDS, FDS, RCS, PhD, FDS

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Seong, J., West, N. (2015). Advances in the Diagnosis of Dentine Hypersensitivity. In: Gillam, D. (eds) Dentine Hypersensitivity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14577-8_5

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