Dentistry

Double blinded randomized clinical trial for the effectiveness of different sensitivity tooth paste

14^th International Conference on Dental Health

September 14-16, 2016 Philadelphia, USA

Kareem A Mohamed Kamel

Royal Dentists Institute, Egypt

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Dentistry

Abstract:

Objectives: Compare the effectiveness of different types of toothpaste for the management of tooth sensitivity, in a double blinded randomized control clinical trial. Materials & Methods: Population: all previous patients who visited the institute in the past 2 years with a history of teeth sensitivity. Sampling and grouping: randomly selected by a dental nurse using the file numbers of each patient, assigned to Four groups, group 1 (Zendium) group 2 (Sensodyne) group 3 (Colgate) and group 4 (Signal) as a control, each group had 20 patients. Patients are to fill a pain chart when using different stimuli in the dental surgery as a base line and then repeated every 7 days till the end of the test period. All groups use soft Oral B brush 2 times a day for 21 days. Dentists and patients don�??t know which type of tooth paste is being used. Results: Group 2 had the most reduction in tooth sensitivity, followed by group 3, followed by group 1, followed by group 4. Conclusion: Sensodyne repair and protect, GSK, appeared to be the most effective for the reduction of tooth sensitivity.

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