Final exam- Dentinal Hypersensitivity

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Which of the following is the most common cause of dentinal hypersensitivity?

Gingival recession

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What is dental hypersen. reaction caused by?

thermal, evaporative, tactile, osmotic, or chemical

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what areas on the tooth are most succeptible?

buccal cervical regions

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Dentinal hypersensitivity is a diagnosis of _______. For treatment, we should start with the most ________ approach.

Exclusion, Conservative

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What is dentinal hypersensitivity caused by?

exposed dentinal tubules that span from the pulp to the outer dentinal surface

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What does stannous fluoride do to help dentinal hypersensitivity?

Occludes dentinal tubules.

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what does 5% POTASSIUM NITRATE do?

depolarizes nerves.

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What are common professionally applied desensitization agents?

SDF

Sodium Fluoride (NaF) Varnish